LOVE LETTER by Youkai Yume

My Dearest Love...

LOVE LETTER

By: Youkai Yume

Yume: This is my first one-shot! Well, WAS. . .it started out as a one- shot, but the more I wrote, the more I realized how ridiculously long it was for a one-shot, and that I could split it up into at least three chapters! So, this is part one out of three to my supposed one-shot. Well, I guess it's a short story now.

CF: Yup! First humor/romance too!

Yume: Of course, this will be Sess/Kag and a little bit of Mir/San

CF: BTW, this fic is AU, taking place in the modern era. And there is OOCness, and MAJOR FLUFFINESS! You have been warned!

Yume: Please read and review at the end, and please, no flames.

Disclaimer: Let's see {checks wish list, where rights to Inuyasha remains unchecked} Looks like Santa didn't grant me my wish this year {throws over shoulder} So guess what? Not mine.

Part One: My Dearest Love. . .

Snow fluttered onto the earth like soft feathers, creating a silver blanket on the ground. The sky was a dull, grayish color, giving the impression of a gloomy day. But despite the cold, and white scenery, as he sat there in all his vision of perfection, silver hair blending in with his snow-white surroundings, all seemed as it should be.

His breath came out is warm mists as he sighed out in contentment. Golden eyes glanced longingly to the girl that sat beside him. Sesshomaru watched in silent admiration as she tucked a wayward strand of her raven locks behind her cute ear. Her cheeks were flushed a beautiful rose-colored shade as she giggled her mirth.

He would've smiled himself if it weren't for his reputation of being the ice prince. But still. . .it was different around Kagome. He had believed that school was one of the most worthless places to be. For what could the worthless teachers hope to bestow upon him,on matters that he already knew about? It was pointless really.

Stealing a second glance over at the beauty also known as his idiot half- brother's best friend, he sighed once more. Still, he would come to this institution of supposed learning because SHE was here. And it allowed him to spend what little time he could with her.

Sesshomaru came out of his musings when a gloved hand began waving in front of his face. Blinking, he looked over to the owner of the delicate hand. Kagome smiled at him.

"For a minute there, I thought you were marveling at my breathtaking beauty!" She joked, "But now I see you're just zoning out," His own hand went out to grab hers, and she gasped momentarily as he settled it gently into her lap.

"How would you know if I was marveling at your breathtaking beauty or not?" He threw back playfully at her, causing her to blush a pretty shade of pink.

"Because for all I know, you could've been marveling at THAT beauty over there!" She pointed behind her, and Sesshomaru curiously looked over her shoulder. His eyebrows furrowed together in distaste. It was one of their teachers, an old, strict woman by the name of Kaede-sensei. Her form bent, and wrinkles adorned her face, eye-patch situated over one orb.

Sesshomaru growled softly at her.

"You are twisted," Kagome laughed at this. Causing him to soften his irritated manner.

"I learn from the best," She bantered, and he rolled his eyes, pretending to be annoyed with her. 'Only Kagome,' he thought to himself. Only Kagome could ever talk to him this way. Her melodic voice brought his attention to her once more.

"What's a senior like you, doing spending time with a sophomore like me, anyway?" She asked quizzically. It wasn't like she didn't enjoy his company, but for as long as she could remember he was just Inuyasha's older brother. One who always seemed like he would rather be at the bottom of the ocean than talking to people unworthy of his presence.

'The high and mighty type,' but ever since she had nervously given him a simple white rose for his birthday, just because she had wanted to be nice, he had become much warmer to her. She saw him around more often, and on various occasions he had been a bit more open about his feelings. Surprised as she may have been when she found out that he had any.

Pretty soon it wasn't unusual to see them bantering around like they do now, and Kagome had to admit she grew quite fond of him. She was pretty sure he now considered her a friend.

Speaking of which. . .

"Why aren't you with your friends? Or do you not have any?" She joked. Sesshomaru raised a delicate eyebrow at her.

"They are unworthy of my time," He answered. She giggled.

"Yup. No friends." He glared disdainfully at her, and scoffed.

"Well, that may be true of this Sesshomaru, but what is your excuse?" He asked, smirking. But then it was quickly gone when a thought came to his head, "Why aren't you with Inuyasha?" He added with bitterness. He saw Kagome stiffen at the mention of his half-brother's name, and she grew silent. After a while,

"He's out with Kikyo." She said quietly, and Sesshomaru immediately regretted asking her. His fists clenched angrily, he knew Kagome had always been Inuyasha's closest friend. But he also knew that the girl had developed feelings for his half-brother over the years.

Jealous and envious he was when he had found out, although he had tried to deny it at first. But what made him even angrier was the fact that his whelp of a brother did not return the feelings to the enchanting creature before him. Instead he went out and left her for Kagome's older cousin, Kikyo, who looked exactly like her to boot.

'Sickening,' was the only thing that Sesshomaru could think every time he saw the two of them. His heart cried out to Kagome. Why, he did not know, and he had long given up on finding out a reason why. He turned back to her, to see that she had begun to play with her hair.

"Oh," he said, feeling that the answer sounded uncertain for someone such as himself. She gave out a weak laugh.

"Well, they invited me to come with them, but I didn't want to make it seem like I was the third wheel," Kagome said quickly, putting on the best casually cheery voice she could muster. Sesshomaru looked sadly at her, his hand ached to caress the pink cheeks of the girl he had grown to care for so much.

She was different than the other girls at this run-down school. She wasn't a fake of phony like all the others were. She didn't throw herself at him at every chance she got, and she wasn't corrupt like most of the girls that batted their fake eyelashes at him.

Kagome, his Kagome. . .was genuine. She was sweet, always holding an air of innocence, and yet at the same time, she also showed signs of wisdom far beyond her years. And she was the only one he ever wanted. She may be considered a weakness, but Sesshomaru would die for said weakness. He cherished Kagome, laughable though it may be, he did. 'But she will never know it,' He thought sadly.

"You, Miss Higurashi, whine too much," He countered, his usual cool voice back. Kagome raised an eyebrow at him.

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Exactly how it sounds. Stop pining over that idiot," Sesshomaru continued, "Anyone who goes for a witch like Kikyo, CLEARLY doesn't deserve someone like. . ." He trailed off, realizing that he was about to let off more than he intended and quieted immediately. Kagome however, was curious as to how his sentence would finish.

"Someone like. . .?" She pressed, but he remained silent. "Fine! Don't tell me!" She huffed. Sesshomaru let out a sigh of relief, and finally turned his head to the girl who had her back to him in supposed anger. He knew she was only joking with him, and inwardly chuckled at how cute it was.

"Well, since I suppose you're mad at me, you wouldn't want to take up on my offer for some smoothies," at the mention of smoothies, Kagome's eyes lit up and her annoyance vanished.

"Did someone say smoothies?" He nodded amusedly, he knew she couldn't resist. "Strawberry?" He bit back the urge to laugh, and nodded once more. He watched as Kagome stood up. "Well what are we waiting for?" She grabbed his arm, "Let's get me my smoothie!"

~ @ ~

From the distance, a figure watched with cobalt eyes, and swaying ebony hair. He growled in his throat when he saw the ice prince walk away with the fair Kagome. 'That stupid dog-turd's making moves on my woman!' He thought angrily. Sesshomaru was just as bad as Inuyasha!

It wasn't fair! Sesshomaru, being the silver pretty-boy that he was, got to spend so much time with the girl of his dreams. Not to mention, he was pretty sure that all he did was feed sugar-coated lies to the unsuspecting girl. He knew that Inuyasha had broken her heart leaving her for that Kagome look-alike, and he was almost certain that his half-brother would do the same.

Koga fingered a piece of paper in his front pocket---a letter to be more precise. And the mere thought of the possibilities that this letter would bring him caused a smirk to form on his ruggedly handsome face. He would finally get his chance with Kagome, and he'd finally be able to get to her before Sesshomaru would. Now, to get it to her.

He supposed he could just slip it into her locker, but that would be too cliché, and he, Koga, was known to do it in style. Well, now that he thought about it, he didn't have much style, but the point is! The point is, he would do it any way but the damn locker.

Koga left his spot under the snow-covered tree, and walked towards the entrance of the school. The bell to leave had rung a while ago, and people who had after school activities remained. As he walked down the lane, backpack slung over one shoulder, and hand tucked in his pocket, fingering the letter, he began to ponder vaguely. 'How to do it. . .'

His feet lead him to the mall, where he was hoping Kagome could be. Koga had to remind himself that he was not supposed to deliver the letter to her directly, maybe he could have a friend give it to her. That was when he spotted Inuyasha bidding his farewells to his girlfriend, Kikyo.

He didn't care much for the dog-turd, and quite frankly, didn't feel like getting into an argument with him now. He had better things to do. And so, pulling his hands out of his pocket, he quickly turned in a different direction. Not realizing that in his haste, he had dropped the "letter."

~ @ ~

"Do you really have to go now, Inu-chan?" Kikyo asked him in a disgustingly sweet voice, and gave him her best pout. He sighed, inwardly, but nodded.

"Yes, Kikyo. I'm really sorry, but I have to go. You can go and shop for shoes yourself," Inuyasha refrained from shuddering at the mention of shopping for shoes. Kikyo was a maniac when it came to those, and he had never known it was so dangerous whenever he went out for shoes with her. . .Not to mention, she'd spend hours on end on such petty things, and he'd rather die than go through one of her shoe shopping sprees again.

And so, here he was, making another excuse to get out of it. 'Let's just hope Kikyo buys that whole crap about me feeding my turtle. . .Not that I even have one.' With one last pout, Kikyo let go of his arm, and sighed.

"Alright, Inuyasha. Go and feed that stupid turtle of yours, since it's OBVIOUSLY more important to you than I am!" With that, she huffed and headed for the nearest shop. He made a move to stop her, but thought better of it. His Kikyo was a tricky one, she knew that if he stepped into the store with her, she'd have him hook, line, and sinker.

Turning away, he gave an agitated mumble and left. He'd apologize to her later, but he really couldn't go in there. . . 'I bet Kagome wouldn't force me to go shopping with her if it made me miserable. . .' He vaguely missed his best friend now, and was suddenly saddened that she had refused his offer to come with them.

'Things were always more fun when she was around,' Inuyasha mused. His attention was turned to the ground, when a slight crunching sound could be heard beneath his feet. Amber eyes peered at the floor, and removing his foot, he saw it to be a letter---A letter with Kagome's name on it. . .

Letting his curiosity get the better of him, he picked it up and examined it.

"Maybe I should give it to her. . ." And was about to do just that when a mischievous gleam sparkled in his eyes. "But not before finding out what it says first!"

Being the impatient person that he was, he ripped the letter, carelessly open, and threw it aside. Kagome's name on the envelope crumpled on the ground, but that didn't matter.

"Now let's see," He muttered to himself, and his eyes swept hurriedly over the letter, and his eyes widened considerably:

My Dearest love,

Meet me on the bridge

In Shoji Park at 8:00,

And under the light

Of the starlit moon,

I'll confess. . .

~ Secret Admirer

Inuyasha blushed a tiny bit of pink, and shut the note immediately when he realized it was more or less a love letter. 'For Kagome? And from whom?' he vaguely wondered. He was starting to have second thoughts about giving it to her, and for a minute thought about just throwing it into the trash.

"Oh, Inuyasha!" he glanced back at the shrill sound of Kikyo's voice, and shuddered when he saw her waving a pair of leather boots with an ecstatic face. Then again, it beats going with Kikyo!

Quicker than lightning, he had left, leaving a fuming Kikyo alone with her precious boots.

~ @ ~

Koga cursed under his breath when he realized that his letter was no longer safely tucked in his pocket, and was now looking frantically for it. Retracing his steps, he came back to the very spot where he had seen Inuyasha, and cursing Kami for all the luck in the world, he saw his godforsaken letter in the dog-turd's hands. 'Crap! Just what I need!'

He would've gone up and snatched it out of his hands if not for the fact that the nosey bastard had already read it. If he would've claimed that it was his, Inuyasha for sure would now that he was the one who'd written the letter for Kagome, and being the overprotective (almost) big brother that he was to Kagome, he probably wouldn't let him come anywhere near her.

He was about to give up when his acute hearing caught Inuyasha mumbling about giving it to Kagome, and he cheered in the back of his mind. 'That idiot's going to do it for me!' He thought with relish, and although he never thought that the whelp would be the one to give it to her, it did not matter. All he had to do, was show up tonight on the bridge.

'Soon, my Kagome. . .' Koga thought dreamily.

~ @ ~

Sesshomaru watched in amazement as Kagome sucked up the last of her third smoothie, and as she fell back, clutching her head in pain, he could not help but let out a small chuckle.

"BRAIN FREEZE!" She cried out, and after a minute's time, she was able to release the death grip she had on her hair. She gave a glare over at Sesshomaru, who was giving her an amused look in return.

"That ought to teach you not to drink so many frozen drinks all at once," He said smoothly to her. Kagome gave him a playful "hmph!" before smiling warmly at him.

"At least I have the guts to do it!" She said with a jokingly cocky air. "Care to try?" Sesshomaru lifted his hands in defeat.

"No, no. I dare not TRY to surpass the GREAT Kagome, when it comes to drinking smoothies!" He said dramatically. She giggled, and pretty soon settled down. For several moments, they remained silent, and it was all Sesshomaru could do to just stare at her while her sapphire eyes glazed over with a dreamy look to them.

"Hey Sessho. . ." She started.

"Hm?"

"Why didn't we hang out like this before?" Kagome turned her head to look at him curiously, waiting for an answer. He mulled over his reply, and couldn't think of the life of him why he didn't spend time with Kagome before. It seemed like they were always like this now, and he hardly remembered life before he had Kagome as a friend.

"Don't know," He said lazily. "Perhaps it was because, before. . .you were just some annoyingly loud girl who hung around my brother, and I was---"

"Some stuck up, snobby jackass?" She finished, causing him to glare at her. But his look softened when she gave him that ridiculously innocent face. Slowly, he nodded.

"So what changed?" Kagome asked gently. Sesshomaru gazed into her sapphire pools, and knew that he could get lost in them for an eternity if he let himself. Without knowing it, his hand went to grasp hers, and she gasped softly upon the contact of his skin.

Her eyes followed the motion of his fingers, as his thumb drew imaginary circles upon her backhand. Kagome tried not to shudder under his warm touch, and averted her attention to his molten stare. Her breath was caught in her throat when she realized how close he was. Just mere centimeters away. . .

"My feelings. . .changed. . ." He whispered slowly, and eyes locked onto her lush pink lips, he couldn't wait a moment more to taste them. Now, when she was just a breath away. . .He saw her close her eyes instinctively, cheeks flushed and lips parted. He leaned in.

RIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!

Both Kagome and Sesshomaru jumped back from their intimate moment, and blushing furiously, Kagome fumbled for the cell phone in the side of her backpack. Sesshomaru silently cursed his damned luck, and eyed the cell phone warily with bitterness when she pulled it out. 'So close. . .'

"H-Hello?" Kagome nervously answered the phone, avoiding Sesshomaru's heated gaze. After a few moments. . .

"Yes, I understand. I'll be home right away," She answered, and tucking the phone away, she shifted in her seat.

"Who was that?" Sesshomaru asked impassively.

"Um, my mother. She says there's something important she needed to talk to me about, so. . ." She got up from her seat, and bowed apologetically at him. "Gomen, Sessho! But I should be going now. Thanks for the smoothies. . ." With that, Kagome quickly took off, and Sesshomaru almost made a move to go after her, but settled for cursing under his breath.

'Great, I probably drove her away. . .' He thought sadly. Now that he thought of it, he DID come of a little too strongly on her. Burying his hands into his pockets, he sighed as he left a tip on the table, and walked off. He just prayed to Kami-sama that Kagome wouldn't stop spending time with him like she had today. He just couldn't picture it anymore. . .

~End Part One. ^_^

Yume: Alright, I know I should be updating my other stories, but I just had to write this first! The next part will be out REAL soon, so be sure to review, and no flames please!

Ja Ne! ^_~