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LIMBO: 1: a place or state of restraint or confinement.

2: a place or state of neglect or oblivion.

3: an intermediate or transitional place or state.

4: a state of uncertainty.

Lost In Limbo

Chapter One – Friendship Forsaken

Inuyasha has betrayed me. He has completely turned against me by taking the Shikon No Tama and Kikyo as his mate. I stood by him as we traveled through the valley of death and struggled through life so when the jewel was completed I thought we could finally be together but as I saw Kikyo walk through the fog I knew then but I didn't want to believe it. Inuyasha betrayed me, letting everything our relationship was built on die in one brief moment.

Kagome sat on the edge of a cliff. A bright moonlit night spread out above her as a thick fog lay below and within the clouded mass any light that touched it seemed to be swallowed instantly. She was caught in between the darkness below her as the bright sky shone above. This place matched her mood perfectly for she did not know where in this world she belonged. A girl from the future caught in the past and to be truthful she did not belong in either, her heart was too spiritual for the future and she was to head strong for the past. Kagome stared aimlessly into the fog wanting to jump into it and let it engulf her entire being, swallowing her soul as it did the moonlight.

*Flashback*

Kagome gazed through the dust of the ending battle at two malicious figures, one who she had grown to love the other she had learned to hate. The Shikon jewel glowed in the hand of Inuyasha as Kikyo stepped forward to address Kagome.

"I always knew that in the end I would win" Kikyo wore a devious smile on her face as she spoke to a petrified Kagome who stared at Inuyasha in disbelief.

"Why" Kagome spoke to Inuyasha who gazed at the jewel with a conceited satisfaction, it seemed as if he didn't even hear her, he was completely consumed by the jewel.

"Inuyasha cares for me and that is the way it has always been, I was just too foolish to realize it when I was alive." Kikyo glared at Kagome with a murderous contempt.

"Why…Inuyasha!" Kagome came out of her shock and began to feel her heart breaking into pieces, she felt more than just sorrow, Kagome mind began to flash a riotous assault of memories in front of her eyes causing her to collapse to her knees her hands digging into the soil as a flood of tears poured down her red and bruised cheeks.

"Now you know how it felt the day I died. So my dear reincarnation how does it feel to know that history is repeating?" Kikyo looked back at Inuyasha and smiled, she motioned to him to come closer with the Tetsaiga drawn, and the sword hummed silently as it grew closer to Kagome. Kagome's mind was slipping, she had felt relieved when Inuyasha struck the death blow on Naraku causing the true mortal body of Onigumo and the demons he absorbed to appear all were dead and mangled around them but as Inuyasha placed the remaining jewel shards into the hand of Kikyo, Kagome became skeptical about her true intentions. However it was not Kikyo who began to act peculiar, it was Inuyasha, and now the suspicions she had were confirmed Kagome began to break apart.

"She looks as if she has just breathed her last breath" Kikyo put her hand on Inuyasha's shoulder pushing her self against him as she smiled wickedly at Kagome.

"No. why…why now...why ever" Kagome's voice was a mere faint whisper fading in the wind but Inuyasha could still hear her.

"You were never a friend, a lover, or even a potential mate Kagome, at the most I would have just fucked you" Inuyasha put a foot on Kagome's shoulder pushing her back onto the ground. Kagome winced in pain as her back hit a sharp rock that cut deeply into her spine.

"I want the rest of my soul Inuyasha, give it to me" Kikyo spoke to Inuyasha as he began to raise Tetsaiga.

"Anything for you my love" Inuyasha kissed Kikyo passionately, Kagome watched in anguish but she knew if she lingered it would be the last thing she would ever see. As Inuyasha and Kikyo kissed Kagome got to her feet and took off into the woods as fast as she could no matter how badly her battle torn body ached. Inuyasha had seen her as she leapt over a tree trunk.

"Fucking wench! Come back here!" He left Kikyo's side to run after Kagome, Kikyo looked on with pleasure.

Kagome could hear Inuyasha screaming and his footsteps grew closer.

I can't stop. I'll be killed if I do. I'll be killed…how could he...after everything! How could he do this?

Kagome's thoughts screamed in her head until she remembered the enchanted necklace about Inuyasha's neck, she was neared a clearing and that is where she would make her stand. Kagome was thankful to Sango for fashioning a suit that allowed Kagome to move more quickly and gave her more protection and warmth than her school uniform. The short jade green sleeveless kimono that was hemmed to the middle of her thigh covered her while jade green leggings and shoes adorned lower extremities, on her arms she wore leather and bronze bracers and leather finger guards that had small iron spikes on the three middle fingers so that when she hit an opponent it would do more than bruise it would stab and cut, along with her quiver and bow, that were strapped onto her back, Kagome had additional weapons such as two small kitanas that hang from her waist, they were made of solid steel and blessed by a monk who she and her companions saved in a village raid and the monk gave these swords to Kagome as a gift for saving his village. The swords had healing powers and the sheaths were made from a dragon's tusks which were said to be indestructible. In the three years during her travels to the feudal era she had learned how to battle with the kitanas while advancing in archery, karate and her spiritual miko abilities. Her skin was now tanned from traveling under the hot summer sun and her body had gained well defined muscle from sprinting, climbing and fighting. She now stood a few inches taller nearer Sango's height and her hair was thigh length while those blue orbs held more wisdom, strength and courage.

Inuyasha had changed as well, from fighting so often his body had matured as well as his facial features. His boyish looks had become more animalistic and masculine. His bare chest was now covered in a thin sheet of flaxen hair while hard abs covered his stomach, his arms and legs where thick with muscles, as his hands were larger than before. Inuyasha's jaw line was much sharper and his ears were stridently pointed and thicker with hair. He looked more like a wild beast that a half demon.

As Kagome ran into the clearing, she stopped and stood poised ready for battle.

Where is he? I can't let him catch me off guard. He's already taken everything from me. I will not allow him to take my life as well.

Kagome quickly came out of her thoughts when she sensed Inuyasha coming from behind. As she turned to meet him Inuyasha's fist met her face.

"Worthless whore" Inuyasha spat as he flew past her and she fell to the ground with a thud. Kagome lay on her back looking at the moon as blood trickled from her nose and mouth when she saw Inuyasha standing over her.

"This is exactly how you should stay, on your back, but I prefer on all fours, so does Kikyo" His laughed a bit but he did not expect two feet to come flying into his chin knocking him back a few feet causing him to stumble. Kagome sprung off her back and landed on her feet she had been playing possum for that exact reason.

"On all fours is the way you should stay it fits the physique of a wild brainless animal like you!" Kagome reached for her bow and arrow as Inuyasha began to steady himself as he looked at an arrow ready Kagome, her eyes were closed as she meditated on her own inner strength allowing her purifying aura to coat the tip of her arrow like poison for the soul and while the wind blew through her hair raising and then letting it fall, she was patient and alert.

"Why don't you just shut the hell up and fight me BITCH!" Inuyasha screamed as he began charging at her with claws drawn. "Fuck using Tetsaiga! I'm going to tear you to pieces with my bare hands!"

Kagome held onto her arrow, and as her eyes opened upon seeing the whites of Inuyasha's eyes Kagome let her arrow fly and as the world seemed to slow down, she could hear the arrow whisk through the air and Inuyasha's feet as they hit the ground. Then there was the sound of tearing cloth followed by an abrupt 'thwack' her arrow had hit its target. Inuyasha flew threw the air.

"OSUWARI1!" Kagome said loudly as Inuyasha was then thrown to the ground by an unseen force. His body racked with pain and paralyzed with shock. Beads of sweat poured from his face and his blood poured from his right shoulder. His was conscious and a bit frightened as he heard footsteps coming toward him. Kagome walked slowly and firmly, she stood next to Inuyasha glaring down at him with resentment and sadness. She could have poured all her power into the arrow purifying him completely turning him into a human but she did not it was just enough to paralyzed him for a while.

"In a world that was so cruel to you, humans and demons alike shunned you and even tried to kill you on a daily basis, regardless of who you were I saw you as Inuyasha my protector and my friend, but I was nothing to you. How regrettable. " Kagome spoke with a quiver in her tone, that same anger and sadness was causing her chest to throb.

Kagome knelt down next to him and tears began to flow once again as she looked in to his eyes. Even the now cruel Inuyasha still hated to see her cry as he felt the need to comfort and console her but never did because of his pride, it all seemed worthless. He felt disgusted with himself as he watched her but than his previous feeling came rushing back. Inuyasha frowned at Kagome and gave a low growl. She backed away an inch or two and grabbed her first sword. Inuyasha struggled but to no avail, his body was unmovable.

"And you are still nothing, wench, I would have killed you long along if I didn't need you, Feh! What else were you ever good for?" Venom pure venom laced Inuyasha's voice as his fangs gnashed with every word.

Kagome stood over Inuyasha staring at him painfully. Kagome's tears had stopped and were beginning to dry, and the wind howled as the moon cast a ghostly appearance on Kagome's tanned skin. Suddenly without warning Kagome screamed and came down on Inuyasha with the sword tip on his neck, a frightened Inuyasha closed his eyes and held his breath not wanting to see his end. However when he noticed the silence and still air Inuyasha thought he was dead until he opened his eyes to see Kagome staring at him with an emotionless gaze.

"I have no reason to kill you Inuyasha, I'm not you, I am nothing. Nothing like you or Kikyo, remember that" Kagome spoke with a tone that matched her eyes it frightened Inuyasha how she could look and speak so coldly. The sword glided down his neck and caught into his necklace with one swift pull the beads flew about glowing briefing and then rolled to the ground. Kagome then stood and began to walk off into the woods sword in hand. The force of the necklace was no more.

"COME BACK HERE, WE'RE NOT DONE!" Inuyasha was still paralyzed by the arrow that held him down with a powerful force. "Goodbye Inuyasha" Kagome walked into the woods on the edge of the Northern forest and then picked up her pace to a swift sprint but she ran for what it seemed like miles letting her thoughts carry her and letting the wind wash over her.

*End Flashback*

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