Chapter 1
"Idiotic wench!"
*sigh* "They're at it again," Miroku softly whispered to Sango.
"Stupid jerk!"
"One of these days it's just going to go too far," Sango said in reply.
"Ugly Kikyo look-a-like!"
Kagome pursed her lips, on obviously hurt expression on her face. "So that's how it is?"
Miroku and Sango looked at Inuyasha with a surprised expression on their faces. Inuyasha looked just as surprised at what he said.
Kagome turned around stiffly and trudged away quickly. She didn't want Inuyasha to see the silent tears streaking down her face as her heart broke in two. "Go spend more time with your beloved Kikyo and not waste it with this ugly look-a-like!" Kagome called to him as she disappeared into the forest.
Everyone else was much too shocked to go after her. Shippo was the first to get his bearings. "Inuyasha! How could you say such a thing to Kagome?" he yelled as he smacked Inuyasha upside the head.
"Inuyasha, you went too far." Miroku was shaking his head with disappointment.
Sango was liven with fury. "You need to go apologize to her RIGHT NOW! You know Kikyo is a sore spot for Kagome! I can't believe you even said that to her!"
Everyone was staring at Inuyasha, waiting to see what he would do. Unfortunately, he made the poor choice.
"Keh! Why should I go after her? She's the one who stormed off! She'll get over it soon, so let's head back. Inuyasha walked back to their camp, forcing the others to follow. Sango glanced back at the woods, now worried for her friend's safety. Kagome, I hope you'll be alright! Then Sango too headed back to camp.
Kagome wanted to put as much distance between that immature jerk and her as possible. She was walking in the opposite direction of camp, still fuming. Too busy muttering angrily to herself, she didn't hear the bushes behind her rustle, or see the large cat youkai stalking her silently.
She stopped in a small clearing to think things over, but ended up just crying more. She went over his insult in her head many times, but the ache in her heart didn't lessen in the least.
Just as she was about to continue walking, she heard an ear-splitting yowl behind her. Before she could even turn around, the youkai had pounced, tearing his claws across her back.