Will You Come Back?

Chapter One

Out for a Walk

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The sun was just beginning to set in the Feudal Era, casting an orange light on the landscape. Inuyasha, Miroku, Sango, Kagome, and Shippo were setting up camp after a full day of searching for Naraku. But, as usual, they hadn't found any traces of him. Just yesterday, they had encountered Suikotsu, the last missing member of the Band of Seven. The Band of Seven was a team of mercenaries that Naraku had brought back to life using shards of the Shikon Jewel. It was a battle that nearly took their lives, Kikyo included. She was left unconscious, and Inuyasha had had to carry her out of Mount Hakurei's barrier so her soul collectors could revive her.

Of course, it had affected Kagome to see them like that, Kikyo cradled in her ex-lovers strong arms. Kagome couldn't stand to look at them, together like that, it stirred up feelings in her that she worked so hard to ignore. It was hard not to notice the atmosphere between Kikyo and Inuyasha, even to strangers, and even when Kagome was avoiding looking at them. It was the atmosphere of two people who had once been in love, and possibly still in love. Since then, both Inuyasha and Kagome had been really quiet. The night before had made Kagome question everything about her life in the Feudal Era.

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"Inuyasha, are you…all right? You've been really quiet…since last night…like you're thinking about something important." Kagome finally mustered up the courage to ask Inuyasha the question that had been in her mind all day, though she wished she hadn't done it with everyone there. She was sitting on her sleeping bag, with Shippo in her lap. Kagome looked at Inuyasha with concern, but all she could see was his back. He was sitting on the opposite side of the campfire, facing the land before him, and not his friends behind him. Inuyasha hadn't even twitched his ears at Kagome's question; it was like he wasn't acknowledging it.

"Yeah, thinking isn't something you usually do…it's weird!" Shippo chimed in from his place in Kagome's lap. Shippo's comment was enough to merit an annoyed twitch of Inuyasha's ears.

"Hey! What's that supposed to mean? You calling me stupid or something?" Inuyasha yelled as he whipped his head around, fist in the air. He stared at Shippo, but his eyes shifted to Kagome. She was staring at him with a strange look in her eyes, and even as his eyes met hers, she just kept staring.

"WHAT?" Inuyasha snapped at her, unwillingly letting his frustration get the better of him. He was no good at controlling his anger. Kagome's eyes widened at his outburst, but then softened as they filled with sadness. She looked down.

"…. It's nothing." Kagome said softly, hurt filling her voice in place of concern. Inuyasha was startled; he hadn't expected her to look so sad, he always snapped at people like that. Inuyasha grunted as he stood up, wanting to escape from the confusing feelings that were taking over him.

"I'm uh, gonna go take a walk…" He said as he walked into the darkness of the forest, not even glancing back at his friends. Kagome looked up at him as he walked away, her eyes growing even sadder.

"I wonder what his problem is. He's acting so weird…" Shippo said, crawling out of Kagome's lap to stand and watch Inuyasha shrink in the distance. Kagome also stood, grabbing her bow and arrows off the ground.

"It's Kikyo. She's the only one that can ever make him act like this, right? It's always Kikyo." Kagome said, looking down at the ground, scuffing up the dirt with her shoe. She had her bow in hand and the quiver of arrows on her back.

"Kagome, are you going somewhere?" Sango worriedly asked, noticing how sad Kagome looked. Everyone knew how Kagome felt when it came to Kikyo. For a couple seconds, she just stared at the ground, but then she seemed to snap out of whatever trance she was in, and turned her attention to Sango.

"Oh, I'm just going for a walk. I…need to clear my head, that's all." Kagome smiled, trying to convince her friends that she was fine. But her smile faded as she took out the bottle of jewel shards she kept in her pocket. She stared at them, going into deep thought.

The sacred jewel shards…the only things keeping me here…the only reason he needs me here. Without these…would he want me here? Without theses…I won't be able to come back… Kagome sat the bottle next to Shippo, and flashed him a forced smile.

"I'll leave these here for you to look after while I'm gone, 'k Shippo? I think it's better if I leave them here while I take a walk." Kagome started to walk away, but was interrupted as Sango said something.

"Do you want me to come with you Kagome? I don't think it's safe for you to go out alone here." Sango asked Kagome, looking up at her with worry plastered all over her face.

"Yes, she's right Kagome. Is it really safe for you to be alone at this time of night? The sun has set already, and we aren't familiar with this area." Miroku said, also becoming worried. He really didn't like the idea of her walking alone at night. Kagome turned to them, her facial expressions softening.

"Thanks for worrying about me guys, but don't. I'll be fine, really! I've got my arrows if anything happens." She appreciated their concern, but she was going to go anyway, she really needed to. Kagome turned back around and started walking away, in the opposite direction Inuyasha had gone.

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so...rewrite better?

...worse?

i was gonna do em all at once but i decided to put some of them up. mainly i wanted to redo chapters one through four

those were pretty bad XD

but i hope you like these better! and chapter eleven is in the works

i've got an idea for whats gonna happen, and im gonna start it when im done updating

oh! yeah! i wanna do a drawing for every chapter, and i've already started one for this, so if any of you lovely readers wanna draw a picture for one of the chapters, i'll love ya forever!