Betrayal

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Kagome ran through the forest, trying her hardest to forget what she had seen. She couldn't- wouldn't- believe that Inu Yasha would betray her like that! She should have known something was wrong when Inu Yasha suggested giving the Jewel Shards to Kikyo. 'That stupid- JERK! I'll never give up the jewel shards! Especially not to her!' she thought viscously, thinking back to just a few moments earlier.

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"What about that human girl?" Kikyo asked Inu Yasha as he stripped himself.

"I love you, Kikyo. Kagome is my friend, and I do love her, but not as I love you," he replied.

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'It shouldn't hurt- but it does!' she thought, 'I shouldn't be angry with Inu Yasha. He was only following his heart.'

"But it still hurts," she said, stopping and staring up at the full moon. A few stray tears slipped down her cheeks.

In the distance she heard a wolf howl, as though it knew her pain. She half wanted to howl back. 'But that would be stupid,' she thought. Another wolf howled- this one closer. And then she sensed it- a demon! However, somehow this power was not evil or ominous in any way.

'Could it be…?'

"Sesshomaru!" she spat. 'I don't get it. Why don't I sense any danger?'

He emerged from the shadows, looking at her curiously. 'Why is the wench crying? What hurts?' he thought as she wiped her eyes.

"Why are you crying, human?" he asked in a detached tone.

"It's really none of your business," she snapped tearily.

"Heh. Is it my pathetic hanyou brother? Did he finally betray you? He's so like his father- flitting from one pretty girl to the next-" Sesshomaru was suddenly and quite unexpectedly thrown to the ground when Kagome literally jumped on him.

"Shut up! Please, I- I don't want to remember, I-" Kagome stopped pummeling his chest with her fists. Was it just her, or did he just indirectly call her pretty? She rolled off of him and stood with all the dignity that she could muster after such an outburst.

"What do you want?" she asked.

He stood up and glared at her. "I want your help. I want to find a way to heal my left arm," he said, then, as she opened her mouth to protest, he added, "You will be rewarded when you have completed your task. I will give you my shard of the Shikon Jewel. The last shard that is not in your possession, if I'm not very much mistaken."

"Well…" she remembered Inu Yasha a Kikyo, "Very well. But! - You will return me to the well within three days."

Sesshomaru burst out laughing. "Three days? It will take near a month, even two. And until you do find a way, you shall be staying in my home. Do you have any arguments?"

"Just one," she said coolly, "If I am to be staying in your home, then Shippo will have to accompany me."

"Shippo?" Sesshomaru asked, "What is a 'shippo'?"

"He is a kitsune," she replied, "Sort of like- my son…" 'Wow, I guess I never realized how much I really cared for Shippo,' she thought.

Sesshomaru sighed. He could relate to her feelings for the kitsune. He had Rin after all. "Fine. Get your things and meet me back here. You have one hour."

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"Where have you been, Kagome?" Inu Yasha yelled as she approached.

"I see you and Kikyo have finished your business," she said, grinning at his shocked expression, "For your information, I was speaking with Sesshomaru about a proposition he had for me."

Inu Yasha nearly fell over. "What?" he screamed, "Why that-!"

"Sit!" Kagome exclaimed, "I've decided to help him get his left arm back in exchange for the remaining shard of the Shikon Jewel."

"How long is this going to take?" he growled.

"A month or two," she said casually, then, almost as an afterthought, "I'll be living with him, by the way."

"Oh no! There is no way I'm going to allow you to live in the same vicinity as him! Under NO circumstances!" he yelled.

"Kagome!" Shippo whined, "I don't want you to leave!"

"It's okay Shippo, I told him you'd be coming with me," she said.

"Really?" Shippo asked, beaming up at her, "Sesshomaru is kind of scary, but I can take him!"

"That's right!" she said, standing and picking up her bag, "We'll see you in about a month."

Sango and Miroku sent her confident smiled as they pushed Inu Yasha toward the campsite.

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"K- Kagome… I'm scared! Sh- shouldn't Sesshomaru be here by now?" Shippo complained, his voice shaking.

"If he doesn't get here soon, we're going to turn around and go back," Kagome huffed.

As if on cue, Sesshomaru jumped from the trees on top of which he was bounding and landed in front of them. He smirked at her unusually large bag. "Shall we go?"

Kagome nodded and Sesshomaru wrapped his arm around her waist and took off into the sky.

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There, all done. Wow… I had to change a lot from the written version to make it… well… better. I started writing this at the beginning of my fanfiction craze, before I knew how to post on the internet. Review Review Review! Merci!