How long she ran, she didn't know, how far, she wasn't sure. She had just returned from modern times and had gone to the Sacred Tree to meet InuYasha like she always did, only to stumble upon him holding Kikyo in his arms whispering his undying love and devotion to her. She knew InuYasha could hear her, so she whispered good-bye and took off running into the forest.
Her leg muscles were badly burning by the time she finally collapsed under a large tree. Kagome hugged her legs and rested her head on her knees. She let her hair shield as much of her exposed skin as possible seeing as she had stripped her clothes off as she ran in order to throw InuYasha off her trail, if only for a short time. Tears streamed down her face as she remembered all the times she and InuYasha had actually managed to get through a day without the "O" word being used, and how InuYasha had promised that he would never betray her.
'What's the point?' Kagome thought to herself, 'Her never loved me, he barely even acknowledges me half the time.'
Kagome wiped her face and got to her feet. Never again would she let a man (or demon) into the deepest regions of her heart.
"Never again, you hear me?" Kagome shouted at the sky, "I will never let anyone love me ever again!"
With that, Kagome got to her feet and walked into the forest, vowing to never again think about the one person who had hurt and betrayed her the most. She headed back to a small cave she had passed a few moments ago, so she could get some sleep.
"Tomorrow begins the first day of my life without him," Kagome whispered as she lay down on the cave floor, "Tomorrow I become a brand new person."