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I stared out the door at a man I thought I knew. The man who told me to get some sleep, that nothing was wrong. Oh, how I wish he wasn't lying. Oh, how I wish he weren't yelling at the woman that couldn't go away, that wouldn't die, that wouldn't stop hurting him. Kikyo, why won't you go away? Why must you continue to rip out his heart every time you see him? Why won't you? Why? Why?

All I knew was that she was "repenting" for what she had done to him. If only she knew that by coming here she was only making it harder to forget. He couldn't handle this now. Not when his world was being destroyed by a woman long since dead.

How much easier this would be for him if I weren't here. How much faster would the pain stop if he didn't have to think about me overhearing? All I want is for you to be happy, why is that so hard? I thought, I'm leaving. If the pain will stop when I am not here then the best thing for me to do is leave.

"Inuyasha," I tried not to say his name, but I wanted to have his arms around me so much that I couldn't stop myself. His ears twitched. I froze, praying he hadn't heard me with his acute senses. I went to the dresser my parents bought us as a wedding gift, and pulled out the things I treasured most. A sweatshirt, a baseball cap, a ripped shirt, and a string of beads, the only things that meant anything to me. I had lost the desire to keep expensive items in our house when we were constantly leaving it and making it look abandoned to keep ourselves safe.

I pulled out a small bag and started to put the items in it. Looking at the beads reminded me of what he had said when we were married, 'This is the first link I had with your soul." He had never taken the beads off and before we were married I took them off to show him that I would trust him with my life, body and soul.

Hiding the pack, I walked over to the door one last time before going to sleep.

She was gone! All her stuff was missing and the smell of waffles was not in the air. Something was wrong. She wouldn't leave without telling him, would she? We hadn't fought in months and he hadn't been ignoring her, had he?

He ran outside in panic. Seeing the papers on the deck table, he remembered a similar situation a couple days ago.

He'd woken up to find her gone and ran around the entire forest only to find her at Sango and Miroku's house.

She had looked so happy sitting there, talking with their old friends. When she saw him her face lit up even more, if that was even possible. Kagome threw her arms around him in a loving embrace. Pulling away, she saw the look of worry and relief in his eyes.

"What's wrong?" she asked in a horrified tone.

"You scared me, I had no idea where you were…"

"But I left you a note, didn't you see it?"

The note! If he missed it again she'd think he was becoming possessive or something. He shuffled trough the papers on the table and then the ones in the house. Nothing. No note. He looked at the ticking box Kagome called a 'cl-o-ck'. She said he always woke up at seven am. Maybe he'd gotten up later than usual and she had left to see Sango or Miroku, assuming he'd figure it out. Unfortunately, Inuyasha couldn't understand its numbers, lines or 'hands'.

"Damn," he mumbled. I need a walk…he thought.

His walk took him through the forest, to Kaede's house, Sango and Miroku's house, and the village. There were plenty of people, but no Kagome. Inuyasha found himself in the place where they first met.

"Stupid tree," he mumbled, punching the tree. A sweet smell hung in the air. The smell of exotic flowers, herbs and campfires.

Kagome!

Inuyasha jumped to the top of the tree and started to sniff the air. He jumped, and hit the ground running towards the south. As Inuyasha ran, her sent became stronger, but it filled his heart with fear.

Her sent was overwhelming. Inuyasha stopped and stared at the spot as if he couldn't believe it.

"Damn," he whispered, fighting back the tears. In front of him was a dry well. Her way home…

A/N: Well, this is my first fanfic and I am sooo happy/scared because I don't know if this will upload. o0 Hope you like it! Rate and review. PLEASE! I don't mean to beg, but… I'M BEGGING YOU! No one ever reviews my stuff on and it drives me crazy! Grrrrrrrrr! So if there's a problem, tell me and I'll (try to) fix it!

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