"You're unbelievable!" The dark-haired girl of the modern era crossed her arms, voice trembling with irritation as she addressed her companion. "Do you think you could listen to me, just once?" Her tone dropped as her heart clenched, a pained look crossing her features. How many times was the half demon planning to run off to a woman who was supposed to be long gone from this world? He always did this. Whenever she drew near, he'd run right for her. Not even once bothering to look back at Kagome.

"Why the hell would I listen to a damn thing you say? I can take care of myself, y'know!" Inuyasha snarled in response, on par with her in every way. If he wanted to chase after Kikyo, he'd do it. What was wrong with that, anyway? It's not as though it was any of Kagome's business. She should've just stayed out of it to begin with. He had the situation completely in his control. Kagome inhaled deeply, closing her eyes.

"Osuwari!" She shouted at the top of her lungs, her voice threatening to echo throughout the tall greenery of the forest that surrounded them. And oh, did she ever hope it would so that he'd have to pay a hundred times over for his idiocy. In answer to her call, the beads around Inuyasha's neck lit up in recognition of the command and his body obeyed.

"G-God damn, you..!" Inuyasha muttered, his entire body seizing up as it forcibly came into contact with the ground by some ungodly force. But Kagome paid no attention to his muttering of profanities as she stomped off deeper into the forest, fists clenched as she cursed under her breath.

"What have you done to her now?" Miroku and Sango asked in unison, sighing heavily as they looked over at Inuyasha's body crumpled up on the floor like a rag doll.

"Tch! I didn't do a damn thing. I'll never understand women." The half-demon groaned, rolling over and standing back up uneasily. Didn't she know it was painful to smack face first into the damn ground?

Meanwhile, Kagome was blowing off steam. "What an ungrateful guy! Who does he think he is?" She asked herself, knowing all too well he wouldn't bother to follow after her. He was too stubborn for that. It made her wonder why she even bothered coming back here, when she was probably much better off staying in her time. But of course, she was far too loyal to do something like that... And too at fault for the Shikon no Tama having shattered to begin with. She'd leave after having fixed her wrong doing- right? Having been looking at the ground for a long while in silence as she walked, she found herself bumping into a tree and smacking her nose into it. "O-Ow!" She whined, rubbing her nose gently as she stumbled backward, hardly managing to stay on her toes.

"Is it a habit of yours to make a fool of yourself, miko?" A somewhat familiar voice asked flatly, the raven-haired girl turning on her heel quickly to put a face to the voice addressing her.

"It is not- I mean, I don't always make an idiot out of myself!" She shouted defensively, placing her hands on her hips as she perked an eyebrow. The man before her was indeed someone she had met before, his long white tresses brushed behind his pointed ears, his figure standing tall with an air of seriousness and intense strength. Inuyasha's brother...? She thought to herself briefly, brow furrowing in confusion as to why he was around here. A mere coincidence, probably. Just her luck. Try to get away from one, and run into the other.

"Then, you are very misleading." Sesshomaru stated bluntly, not a single muscle in his face twitching to form an expression. "Have you given up on traveling with that half-breed?"

"That's none of your business!" Kagome snapped, arms folding over her chest. "Don't you have someone else to bother?"

"You are just as loud as he is." He replied calmly as though observing every aspect of her, cold irises locked onto the female as he listened to her outburst and ignored her question.

"I'm not loud!" Kagome shouted, but then looked down. "Well..." A frown tugged at the corners of her lips, almost twisting into a pout. "..I'm just angry." Sesshomaru gave no response upon hearing her words, rather he continued to gaze at her emptily. "Just go back to whatever you were doing, alright?!" She huffed in frustration, looking to the side as she anticipated some form of remark.

Contrary to what she had expected, the demon made no effort to argue with her in her time of anger. Instead he simply nodded his head in silence and turned away from her without hesitation, beginning to walk away. Her lips parted to speak. But I have nothing to say to him... She thought to herself, wondering what reason she would have had to yell after him. The priestess pursed her lips. He seemed so... elegant. The differences between Inuyasha and Sesshomaru were so clear- even in the way they moved. The elder of the two was much more mature, and far more relaxed. Inuyasha was incredibly wild and acted on impulse. They were polar opposites, weren't they?

The miko blinked a few times, staring in the direction he walked off until his figure was nothing but a blur in the distance. But in some ways, they had to be similar. Right? They were siblings, after all. Even if only half. If only they could just get along, if only a little bit... She shook her head, washing away her thoughts of the two demons.

"That's it! If Inuyasha wants me to help him find the jewel shards, he can come and get me!" She shouted decidedly, adjusting her bag over her shoulder as she continued to wander off in the forest. She had her knapsack with her, and that was all she needed to take care of herself. If Kikyo was so much more important... No, no. Of course she'd run back to Inuyasha and the others in a heartbeat... But maybe she needed a breather, nonetheless. Yeah, a breather. It couldn't hurt to break away from the others for a day or so, right? She was independent enough to handle herself for a day. Without a second thought on the matter, the young girl gave a confident nod and headed off further into the forest for what she hoped to be a day to herself.