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Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha… obviously. If I did I would probably make things turn out a lot differently and actually make something, ANYTHING happen with the relationship between Inu and Kagome. (Grr…)

Loss

Chapter One: Thoughts

There has to be a good explanation for it, there simply has to be.

Kagome's thoughts wandered as she prepared to leap into the familiar "Bone Eater's Well." Securing her backpack, she lifted herself, and with one swift movement, swung her legs over the edge and dropped down inside. This was something she had done all too often and so it failed to faze her in the slightest as the air around her became a swirling vortex of time. She floated for a minute or so before landing softly at the bottom of the same well , only now she was a very long way from home.

I just don't understand it. He never… I mean…

She brushed herself off and stood. Still deeply lost in her own puzzling, Kagome failed to notice a slightly annoyed looking Inuyasha whom, as if on cue, popped out from within the branches a nearby tree. He sprinted towards her at an alarmingly fast pace. "Kagome!" he yelled.

The girl, who had been attempting to pull herself out of the well, was startled by his abrupt appearance and slipped back to the bottom again, landing painfully on her rear. She stared up at the hanyo, pointing her finger at him angrily. "Ouch! INUYASHA!" She snarled, "Could you not do that next time? You scared the crap out of me!"

Inuyasha settled himself on the edge of the well, peering out the corner of one eye at her and looking unamused. He crossed his arms over his fiery red Haori and emitted a harsh little noise of disinterest. "Keh…"

Kagome sighed. She was quite accustomed to Inuyasha's carelessness and figured it was better to ignore it this time around instead of chastising him. Again, she stood and pulled herself up and out of the well. Inuyasha grabbed her backpack as if to assist her, but instead started rummaging through it wildly, throwing things around.

"Got any ramen?" He asked, his demeanor changing to that of an excited little boy.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome spun around, but her anger faded, "Yeah, it's in there somewhere." She faced away from him and sat on the well's edge, staring off into the pale blue sky, dotted with fluffy white clouds.

Inuyasha abandoned his search for ramen, placed the bag down and plopped himself on the ground beside her. He looked at her quizzically. "Hey Kagome, is something wrong?"

She hesitated to answer at first and instead folded her hands together . The pause lengthened and she stared at her own delicate fingers. She closed her eyes and sighed deeply, a light breeze ruffling her steel black hair. She tucked a lock of it behind her ear and shifted slightly to fix her green school skirt. Finally she answered, "No, I mean… no. Everything's okay, it's just…" she paused, trying to find the right words, "Do you know… well, you know when sometimes you can sense that something is not quite right and yet people keep assuring you that it's all in your head… but you keep thinking about it, you know? I mean, your are so sure that something is up it's just that no one is telling you. Do you know what I mean?" she looked at the hanyo as if expecting an answer.

Inuyasha shifted uncomfortably in his spot, "Uh… yeah I guess…"

Kagome directed her gaze back at the ground, resting her chin on her knees. After a moment she chuckled to herself. "Oh, it's probably nothing, I'm just worrying myself."

"Well in that case," said Inuyasha, getting to his feet, "We'd better get a move-on. We've got a long few days ahead of us." He walked a few steps and whipped around to find that Kagome had not moved from her place on the ground. "Hey," he said a little angrily, "Come on! What are you waiting for?"

Kagome jumped up, "Alright already! I'm coming!" She slung her backpack over her shoulder and let the thoughts that were troubling her pass for the time being. It wasn't worth it to worry, it would just slow them down.

Grandpa is fine, she assured herself as she kept in step behind Inuyasha, he's just fine…

End of chapter: Let me know what you think so far. I promise I will update soon!

PS: This is bound to get a little sad, a little fluffy maybe… eh…