ok, i came up with this idea a few days ago, and just started writing.... this was originally going to be a oneshot, but i decided that a twoshot would be just fine. :D i'm really proud with how this is coming out. the next and last chapter should be up by next week, since i'm almost done with the hard copy.

enjoy!

Disclaimer - i don't own InuYasha. kk?

Fade Away

Chapter One

"Damn it InuYasha! You never change do you?! AUGH! I WISH I NEVER MET YOU—YOU WORTHLESS HALF-BREED!" screamed Kagome in frustration and anguish. In her anger, she stomped up to InuYasha, and slapped him across the face. Kagome then grabbed the rosary around his neck, and yanked so hard it snapped, sending the purple beads in every direction. That resulted in the spell breaking as well.

With that, she turned and bolted towards the Bone-Eater's well, the portal to her own era, leaving a stunned and confused InuYasha behind. She sprinted through the familiar forest as fast as her legs could carry her.

~*~*~*~*~

Only a little while before, InuYasha had decided to go for a walk alone. Secretly Kagome followed him deep into the woods. After a few minutes of following him, she lost track, but managed to find him again, only her heart couldn't handle what she saw.

InuYasha was standing in a clearing with Kikyo. He had his hands on her shoulders, and they seemed to be deep into a conversation that Kagome could not hear. Since InuYasha had his back to her, she could only see Kikyo's face, and she appeared to be very understanding and almost happy, as if he had decided to leave Kagome for her once and for all. And of course, that's what Kagome had imagined.

After Kikyo left with her soul collectors, Kagome had confronted InuYasha, and told him that she was leaving for her own era, and never coming back.

~*~*~*~*~

Kagome climbed out of the well in the present, wiping her tears away with her sleeve. Shaking with heart-ache, she stumbled up the stairs and back to her house.

"Kagome! You're home! … Sweetie, what's wrong?" asked Ms. Higurashi, taking in her daughter's broken appearance.

Kagome ignored her and continued on her way to her room, completely numb to everything. Once she finally made it, Kagome flopped onto her bed and began to sob. 'How could he do this to me? Even after he said that he didn't love Kikyo anymore! InuYasha, you liar!'

With that, Kagome continued to cry, until she had fallen into a nightmare-filled sleep.

~*~*~*~*~

InuYasha sank to his knees in shock, his hand over the fading red-mark on his cheek. 'W-what did I do wrong? I was just telling Kikyo goodbye and that I chose Kagome over her! How was I supposed to know she followed me? Couldn't she hear us? I can't believe Kagome! I thought she knew I loved her more than anything! AUGH! None of this would've happened if I was still pinned to that damn tree!' thought InuYasha, becoming more and more distressed.

InuYasha pounded his fist into the ground, "I Wish I Never Met You Either Kagome!!!" he cried in frustration, staring up at the cloudy sky. He shivered, feeling the sky's tears rain down, soaking the earth in its sadness, as if it shared his and Kagome's pain.

InuYasha's dog-ears drooped, he was becoming drowsy as the icy rain soaked him through. He fell forward, holding himself up on all fours. Tears and rain dripped down his face, and onto the grassy floor below him. InuYasha sighed weakly, his vision becoming blurry and dark.

"Kagome… please… forgive me…" he whispered, succumbing to the blackness that threatened to steal him from his world.

~*~*~*~*~

When Kagome awoke, she felt much worse than before, if even possible. She pushed herself up and strode over to her window, gazing over the grey dawn sky. Kagome had had uncountable nightmares while she was asleep, all resulting in InuYasha either dieing or killing her.

-Dream-

Kagome strolled through the forest, it was unfamiliar to her this time, but she still couldn't help but enjoy the view. Suddenly she came upon a moon-lit clearing. In the center, she saw InuYasha and Kikyo, only he was slumped over, like when Kikyo had tried to drag the both of them to Hell.

As Kikyo's steely brown eyes met with Kagome's, InuYasha straightened up and turned to face Kagome. Kagome gasped, he had transformed into a full demon again, only he seemed to be under control this time.

"Go," muttered Kikyo, and InuYasha shot forward, claws extended towards Kagome.

Kagome felt only betrayal as InuYasha's claws sliced through her heart. Gently, she lifted her hands to his wrists, holding them tightly.

"I-InuY-asha… h-how could y-you?" she asked as the red in his eyes began to fade. Then, everything was gone.

-End Dream-

Kagome lifted the small jar containing the Shikon shards from her neck. She had forgotten to leave them back in the feudal era, and remembered with a sigh that she would have to return them. 'Wait, I don't have to return the shards! They're mine anyways! Plus, if InuYasha or Naraku can't find them, then neither of them can have ultimate power! Anyways, if that damn InuYasha wants them, he can come to me! And apologize while he's at it!' thought Kagome, smirking as she devised her little plan.

Sighing sadly at the memory of InuYasha, she walked over to her desk, and pulled out a picture she had taken of the two of them.

-Flashback-

"Oh that's right! I forgot I brought this!" exclaimed Kagome, pulling out a small, silvery camera from her large bag.

InuYasha quickly grabbed it and looked it over, having no idea what it could be. "What is this stupid little thing? You can't possibly fight demons with this stupid thing!" said InuYasha, finding a small button with the word 'on' written next to it.

Curiosity took over as InuYasha pressed the little button. He gawked in amazement as the device lit up and something tapering extended from one of the more flat sides.

Kagome giggled as InuYasha nearly jumped out of his skin when he turned the camera on. "Wow! You turned it on InuYasha! For someone from the feudal era, you're pretty good!"

"Whoa! What is that?!" exclaimed Shippo as the others came to greet Kagome.

The girl plucked it from InuYasha's hands, receiving a whiney 'hey' and a death-glare from the half-demon. "It's called a camera, and it takes pictures of what you see, like a painting, only incredibly real," explained Kagome, pointing the lens at InuYasha and pressing the shutter button.

She then pressed another small button, and the picture appeared on the screen, showing InuYasha's smug face.

"Amazing!" exclaimed Miroku, looking from the camera to InuYasha and back.

"T-That's impossible!" gawked Sango, staring at the digital camera in disbelief.

Kagome then stood and went over to the young half-demon, wrapping her arm around his shoulder.

"What are you—?" he began to ask, but Kagome cut him off.

"InuYasha, smile!" she said, taking a picture of the two of them.

-End Flashback-

Kagome sat on her bed, her eyes not leaving the picture for even a second. She gasped, the photo started to fade away completely, literally dissolving into thin air.

"W-What?!?" she squeaked in disbelief. Jumping up, she bolted to her closet, where a priestess outfit Kaede had given her hung. It was rapidly disappearing as well.

Suddenly, her younger brother, Sota burst into the room, "Sis! Come quick! Hurry!!!"

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