Gone Without a Trace
It was a beautiful day in the Sengoku Jidai everyone was happy except one miko from 500yrs in the future. No one noticed her sadness because they were to busy with their happiness and the beautiful day. Kagome was upset because since she woke up this morning she felt a familiar spark of spiritual energy and felt her soul calling out to Kikyo's half and vice versa. Kagome guessed this is how Kikyo always found them. Inuyasha could smell Kikyo's scent since this morning and has been anxious all day. He can't wait to go meet her tonight once everyone has camp set up. He missed her terribly,the last time he saw her was 2 monthes ago and they didn't meet on good terms.
Kikyo had a knife to Kagome's throat when he found her. He couldn't wait to see her,if only to tell her he forgives her for trying to kill Kagome. He often wondered why he didn't just leave the group and search for shards with Kikyo. Afterall she could see the shards just like Kagome could so what's the difference?He could very well ditch or kill them all right now but could never bring himself to do it. They were his friends. His family that he lost all those years ago. Kagome reminded him of his mother Izayoi so much that sometimes he would come close to calling her such. The sun was setting and they were at a clearing that had a beautiful lake with a waterfall.
They decided to camp out in the clearing for tonight. As soon as Kagome had everything situated and dinner cooking he took off. He realized while watching her that she was like the alfa female of his pack. She held everything together and kept it organized and no one complained because she used their abilities in a fair and useful way. He could only imagine how big of a mess his pack would be if Kagome wasn't around to keep everyone in check. Then he caught up to some soul collectors and all his thoughts went back to Kikyo and what he would say when he got to her.
Kagome was sick of Inuyasha always leaving whenever Kikyo was around but knew she had to stay put and cook for everyone. She noticed that she needed a fruit she saw in the forest to finish her dish. "Hey guys I'm gonna go get this fruit I saw in the forest on the way here. I really need it if you want this to taste good. I'll be back soon so don't worry ok? Buh-bye!"She said while running into the forest,waving without looking back or waiting for protests.
She kept running until she finally came across the grove where the fruit was. She ran to the first tree she saw and grabbed some,but still didn't have enough. She saw the top of a huge fruit tree with lots and lots of fruit on it and started running in that direction to get some more. When she got near there she froze and dropped the fruit she had. It fell to the ground with a thud and the fruits busted open on impact. She felt the tears start to well up in her eyes and she turned quickly and ran off without looking back.
She ran towards the western lands. Towards Sesshoumaru's lands. She knew Inuyasha wouldn't follow her there and was hoping to avoid Lord Fluffy so nothing went wrong. She just knew she couldn't go home or he'd just come and bring her back.
Inuyasha suddenly heard a thud and the smell of juice from the fruits around them. He figured one just fell from the tree so he continued to kiss Kikyo. In fact he deepened the kiss after hearing that noise. Then he smelt salt,lots and lots of salt water. He focused more and smelled the familiar scent of vanilla and coconut. It was laced with sorrow,heart-ache,and tons of tears. His eyes went wide.
'Kagome's scent!Kagome was standing there and saw it all!'
Then what's he do he again deepens the kiss if that is even possible. Then he hears her run away and pulls away from Kikyo and sees a smirk plastered on her face. "K-Ki-Kikyo...you planned this didn't you?You knew Kagome would come looking for these fruits didn't you?and you knew when she was here before I did. You sensed her when she was still 20 minutes away from here yet you did nothing. You did this to purposely hurt her didn't you!?"Inuyasha growled before pushing Kikyo onto her ass and running to the campsite he looked around and saw everyone except Kagome,her bag was even there.
Sango and Miroku looked up at him with confused looks. Then Sango said "What's wrong Inuyasha?Why aren't you still with Kikyo?You usually don't come back until dawn the day after you see Kikyo,it's the same everytime. By the way why isn't Kagome with you?She said she was just getting some fruit and that was around an hour ago.I thought you would've ran into her." Inuyasha then explained what happened.
"WELL WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR!LET'S GO LOOK FOR HER!"Sango shouted while hopping on Kirara she heard more than needed to understand what as going on. Of course she had to beat Inuyasha senseless when he mentioned what happened with Kikyo.
Inuyasha was infront following Kagome's scent it led them all the way to the entrance to the western lands and ended. No trace of Kagome anywhere,no sign that she had even been there except for her scent and a tiny piece of cloth from her shirt lying on the ground where there was a scorch mark. She obviously had a run-in with a demon and had to purify it but they couldn't find anything else that said she had stopped there. They didn't know where to look so they stopped and set up camp 10 mins away from the entrance so Lord Fluffy wouldn't find them right away. Inuyasha couldn't sleep the whole night he sat in a tree clinging to Kagome's backpack like he would die if he let go of it. He kept thinking 'please Kagome...please oh PLEASE be alright...' He eventually fell into a stress induced(SP?) sleep but all he could dream about was Kagome. He woke the next morning and found out he had been crying in his sleep but didn't let anyone see his tears. Little did he know someone was watching him from inside the forest at the entrace of the western lands.
AN:Hey ppls!its REALLY late right now and i still have to do my homework also sorry for starting this story when i still havent finished my other 3 i just had the urge to write one like this.anyways i hope you like it! JA NE!