Chapter 1- Awkward Encounter

"SIT!"

A loud crash was heard from a mile away. The young woman balled her fists up until her knuckles were white.

"SIT!"

Another crash was heard as birds flew away from the scene. The young girl huffed as she stomped towards the crater. In it, was a young man with silver hair and red kimono.

"Inuyasha how could you! After all I have done for you, done with you, and the promises you've made. You still went back to her…" Her voice trailed off as she tried to choke back a sob. She took a deep breath to maintain her composure.

Inuyasha grunted, and looked up at the woman. He had no words. Kikyo would always be his first, despite that she was a walking corpse. Even if she was the reincarnation of his beloved, no one could ever replace Kikyo, not even Kagome.

Kagome put her hand on her head and chuckled to herself, "Who am I kidding, I was always asking for the impossible from you Inuyasha, and that wasn't fair to you. Life isn't fair, but I have always stuck around in order to help you obtain the sacred jewel."

"Kagome…" Inuyasha climbed up next to her.

'Don't….Inuyasha, I want to be alone for awhile." Inuyasha backed away and watched Kagome walk off into the distance.

Why was he not feeling guilty letting her walk off like that? He really did it this time. She'll go home and never come back, and he would fully understand why. Stuck between two women, one from the past, and one from the future was hard enough for him

"Inuyasha, you idiot!" Inuyasha jumped to see that his companions were in the bushes.

Wide eyed and startled, he asked,"How long were you watching?" He was glad she didn't go into details of what had really happened.

"From start to finish," Said the monk.

Inuyasha glared at the monk, "Miroku, what do you mean, 'start to finish?'"

"I mean from when she told you to sit, obviously you must of done something wrong Inuyasha. You see, women are very complicated…" The monk reached for his companion's rear end, which resulted from a loud slap in the face.

"Monk, you better get your story straight, leaving my asss out of this." Sango threatened him with her fists as the little fox demon sat on her shoulder.

"Boy that's gotta hurt!" Shippo shaked his head and looked towards Inuyasha. "Inuyasha, what will you do? Go after her!"

Inuyasha didn't know what to say, he wouldn't be mad if she never came back into their era.

Flashback

"I feel so bad that Inuyasha got hurt because of me, the least I can do is tend to his wounds." Kagome picked up her bag and a bucket of water and headed to where Inuyasha was laying in the forest.

She sighed to herself as she pondered on her thoughts," Why am I so weak? I constantly need protection from everyone, and I can't protect the ones that mean dear to me."

Kagome stopped walking and came up to an empty area. "Oh man, don't tell me I am lost. I could of sworn this was where Inuyasha was! I can't even find my way around!"

She sighed, "No use beating myself up, the least I can do is find him so we can find the sacred jewels faster."

Kagome stopped in her tracks when she noticed floating figures in the sky carrying souls."Soul Collectors?" She gasped, "Inuyasha…" She sank to her knees. Part of her knew that he went to see Kikyo, but a part of her was hoping that he was not with her. After battling the emotional conflict with herself, she finally got up and walked towards the soul collectors. Her heart was pounding so fast that she couldn't breathe, as scenarios played inside her head of what she should expect.

"Inuyasha, please tell me you're not there." She reached Kikyo's barrier, took a deep breath and crossed into her barrier.

After crossing into the barrier, her strides slowed down a bit as she noticed that clothes were on the ground. "Kikyo's clothing, no sign of Inuyasha." She breathed a sigh of relief, only for it to be interrupted by screams

Kagome was about to run to the screams to help Kikyo, only this time, they weren'ts screams of death.

"Oh harder, harder!" Kagome saw a pale limb from behind the tree, with Inuyasha between her limbs thrusting away. Suddenly she felt sick and wanted to puke.

Never in a million years was she to ever see this happening in front of her eyes. Out of shock Kagome dropped the pale of water and just sprinted.

Inuyasha had stopped thrusting into Kikyo from the sound of the pale and perked up. Kikyo, annoyed at the interruption, grabbed Inuyasha's neck and roughly planted a kiss on his lips. He was distracted, and Kikyo could see this. She broke from the kiss and looked into his eyes. "Let her go Inuyasha."

Inuyasha looked confused. What did he mean let 'her' go? "Kikyo? What are you talking about?"

She laughed and got up from him and proceeded to put her clothes back on. "You know who I am talking about. I believe our display of passions had her wrought with emotions."

Inuyasha's heart was caught in his throat. It was Kagome.

Kagome furiously wiped her tears away. At this point she wasn't sure if she was going towards the well. She just wanted to walk until her legs go numb.

"Why do I even bother? I can't be mad at him for instinctively being wih Kikyo, even if she was dead." Tears streamed down her face, "I probably deserved it as a reminder that Inuyasha will always choose Kikyo…."

After what seemed like forever, it seemed that she was walking in circles. She groaned. "Why do I always get lost." She sat beside a rock and pulled her knees to her chest. The ground felt strangely comfortable as she decided to sleep for a bit on the grass.

A few minutes of silence went by when there were rustling in the bushes. Kagome's eyes shot open. The hair on her neck rose as she heard the rustling. Slowly, she reached for her bow and arrow without trying to make much noise.

"You….have….sacred jewels…..I…want…." The large demon jumped down from nowhere and landed in front of Kagome. The force of his impact made her fly backwards several feet. She screamed as it lunged again and the force made her fly back several feet, resulting in cuts and bruises on her head.

She grunted as her vision blurred. Usually it was Inuyasha always rescuing her. Last thing she needed to think about was that two timing son of a bitch. She grinded her teeth and got up slowly. The anger was all she needed. He doesn't need her, and she certainly didn't need him.

"Give….me….jewel…shards!" The demon inched closer as Kagome drew her arrow. A purple light flashed in the demon's neck.

"I see you already have one, but you'll be purified straight to hell before you touch these shards!" She released the arrow and watched the purple light engulf the demon. Within seconds, it disappeared, and the jewel shard landed in her hands.

Kagome, overwhelmed with adrenaline, jumped up and down, "Whew! I did it! I killed a demon by myself for the first time! And without any help!" Too bad no one would know she killed a demon all by herself. Her head started to hurt, and she was dirty from the scrapes and bruises she received from the demon.

She looked at the jewel shard in her hand that was obtained by the demon. Instead of putting it in the case, she tossed it to the ground and walked off. "He doesn't need it, nor I, as Kikyo will fill that spot of finding the sacred jewel shards."

Several pair of eyes watched her walk off in the distance as a bald man picked up the jewel shard that Kagome threw on the ground.

"So, this is why Naraku fears her? Kikyo's reincarnation he says?" A mischievous grinned spread across the young man's face.

"Brother, shouldn't we capture her now? Naraku's orders…."

The bald man narrowed his eyes, "It's big brother's orders. We have to bring her alive. Don't rough her up too much."

Jakotsu pouted, "Oh, but Renkotsu, when do I get to meet my Inuyasha? I want to cut off his ears and wear them. Why do I have to go after that wretched thing! I always do the dirty work!"

Renkotsu laughed, "If we capture Kagome, we will use her as bait for Inuyasha, isn't that what you want?"

The sparkles appeared in his eyes as he ran off after Kagome faster than Renkotsu could blink.

"Renkotsu, go back to base, I'll follow Jakotsu as he can get carried away." Renkotsu was startled by the handsome man with long hair. His grey eyes pieced into Renkotsu, as Renkotsu forgot what he should of done. He placed the jewel shard into Bankotsu's hand. Bankotsu patted Renkotsu's back and went off after Jakotsu.

Kagome found the nearest spring as she remembered when she would go with Sango on their girls trip. She sighed and thought about Sango and Miroku, and how happy they were together. She shook her thoughts and tried not to think about Inuyasha.

She slipped off her clothing and placed it near her school bag. She slowly emersed into the warm water, only to have it sting her bruises and cuts. Her arm was clotting up with blood from where the demon got her. "Should I stay? Or should I leave this era forever?"

Kagome slipped underwater and decided to go for a swim to clear her thoughts.

Bankotsu watched his prey from the tree. Usually he would jump down, and torture the living life out of her as he had with other villages he attacked. The screams of death were his greatest pleasure, and he had his comrades to enjoy it with.

But Kagome was different, as such, she was to be used as bait to lure Inuyasha, and force her to find the sacred jewel shards.

"Big brother, let me go down there and drown her a bit, I want to hear her scream and beg for mercy…." Jakotsu started to breathe hard and eyes widened at the thought of killing her.

"No Jakotsu, you'll keep her alive, don't rough her up, or I'll kill you." Jakotsu trembled at Bankotsu's words, and nodded. He jumped down from the tree and slipped into the springs.

Kagome emerged to the surface and cleared her hair from her face when she bumped into Jakotsu. Her eyes widened as she began to scream.

Jakotusu was annoyed, "My ears! Stupid wench," Jakotsu plunged her head underwater. He watched the bubbles float up to the surface and she tried to fight him. "Yes, fight me! You took my Inuyasha away, you whore!"

He let her reappear to the surface. Once again she tried to fight back. Jakotsu, unfazed, grabbed Kagome's hair, and plunged her underwater. Kagome fought with all her strength as she felt her life slipping away.

Jakotsu finally picked her up by her hair and spoke within inches of her face, "Scream again, and I'll rip your vocal cords out." Kagome gasping for air, was genuinely scared. She finally noticed that Jakotsu was with the band of seven. The most feared mercenaries within the land.

"That's enough Jakotsu." Bankotsu grabbed Kagome by the arm where it was cut. Tears streamed out from pain as she yelped from his death grip. She tried to cover up as she was naked.

"Haha, you think I am fazed by that? I've seen better. You're not worth much to look at!" This struck a nerve on Kagome as her face turned pink. "Well you're not worth much to look at either, worm!"

Jakotsu fell silent, Kagome was going to die with that remark as no one every spoke to big brother like that. A roar of laughter erupted from Bankotsu, which made Jakotsu more nervous. This was it, he was going to kill her.

"Wench! I like you! I like you enough that I won't kill you for now!" He whispered close to her ear that she shivered, "But, you're my prisoner now. If you were to escape from me, I will hunt you down, and skin you alive. You'll hang from my wall, like the rest of those who've tried to escape."

Kagome trembled, and without a second, was knocked out by Jakotsu. "She's better when she's quiet anyway. Poor Inuyasha would have to listen to that thing talk all day!" Bankotsu slumped the unconscious Kagome over her shoulder as they rode off.