"Death Squared"

That's right, I'm writing an Inuyasha fic. Aren't you all happy? This particular story starts with another run in with Kikyo. By the way, all you Kikyo fans, I absolutely cannot stand that *bleep* ::ahem:: so don't expect me to write anything good on her behalf. Now that that's over, let's get on with the story.

Disclaimer: Wish I owned 'em. Then I could do disturbing things with Inuyasha's ears. *grins*

Chapter 1

Inuyasha's POV:

'Kikyo?' yes, my ears and nose were not deceiving me. Kikyo was near, there was no denying it. I felt my hands grow clammy. I was excited to say the least.

"Inuyasha?" Kagome asked. She was riding on my back and had obviously noticed my sudden halt.

"What is it, Inuyasha?" Miroku asked as he jumped down from Kirara.

"Do you smell a demon nearby?" Sango asked as she too jumped off the back of Kirara.

"No." I said simply. I didn't want to let on to whom I had sensed. Lately, I noticed that it disturbed Kagome when I spoke of her.

"Then why have we stopped?" Kagome asked lowering herself off of my back.

"Yeah, what's going on, Inuyasha?" Shippou asked innocently. He swished his tail playfully and jumped onto Kagome's shoulder.

I faltered. I wasn't sure whether I should let on to whom I had sensed. I was pondering whether I should have them set up camp and go find her myself, or take them along. Either way, I had to see Kikyo.

"I sense Kikyo nearby." I said softly. I wasn't sure what made me lower my voice, maybe it was because I was hoping Kagome wouldn't hear it. I knew she'd come along with me anyway, she was a steadfast friend. She would follow me to the ends of the earth if necessary, and I knew that my love of Kikyo wouldn't change that about Kagome.

"You do?" Kagome asked. She tried to sound surprised, but I noticed that she had lowered her eyes to the ground. 'She's trying not to show sadness' I thought bitterly to myself.

"Don't tell me we're going to go after her?" Miroku asked with a hint of disgust in his voice.

"Why shouldn't we?" I spat bitterly. 'However much of a flirt he may be, he has obviously never known love.'

"Yeah, Miroku. Who are you to stand in the way of Inuyasha and Kikyo?" Kagome asked defensively.

I was surprised to say the least at her defensiveness. I had often wondered if Kagome loved me the way I wanted to love her. There was a time when I thought I had been in love with Kagome, which had been before Kikyo had been brought back to life. I silently cursed. 'I've never loved anyone other than Kikyo and no matter how hard Kagome begs, I won't take her along so that she can have her heart torn out. She doesn't deserve that kind of hurt.'

"Well, aren't we going to go after her, Inuyasha?" Kagome asked.

"I'm not going to take you, Kagome." I said looking at her in surprise. I saw a glint of anger in her eyes.

"What do you mean you're not going to take me? I'm going to go with you Inuyasha, whether you take me or I go myself." She said as she folded her arms across her chest. She looked me straight in the eye and I knew she had her mind and heart set, she was not going to let me go alone.

"Kagome, this is something I have to do myself. If you have any brains at all, you'll set up camp and stay with Sango and Miroku. I'm not taking you with me, no matter how hard you beg." I wanted her to come, but I didn't like the pained look she got whenever Kikyo was mentioned.

"I'm not a dog like someone I know. I don't beg, I'm not that low." Kagome spat.

"That was an insult." Miroku said quietly to himself.

"Well, you sure act like it sometimes." I yelled. I should've known better than to argue with her, especially after I had told her that I wanted to go see Kikyo on my own.

"SIT!" She screamed.

I fell to the ground. A low angry growl escaped my throat and I waited for the spell to wear off. Her spell didn't wear off for quite a while. I figured it had been because of her greater anger from my not taking her with me. When it finally did wear off, I got to my feet and prepared to spew angry insults at her and run away before she could 'sit' me again, but when I looked around to see where she was, she was no where to be found. I looked at both Miroku and Sango who both wore the same expressions: you-had-it-coming was plastered all over their faces.

"Where'd the wench go?" I asked. It was then I noticed that her backpack and her bow and arrows were all missing. "You let her go out there all by herself?"

They both nodded. Anger didn't even begin to describe my emotions now. I couldn't believe their stupidity. They let Kagome go out into the wilderness all by herself.

"Don't worry, Inuyasha. She said she was only going to get some fire wood" Sango said.

"You idiots! Why would she take her backpack and her bow and arrows to get fire wood?" I wanted so badly to kill something in my anger. The perfect targets would've been Sango or Miroku, but being with Kagome this whole time had taught me a lot of self-control.

"All right, I see your point." Miroku said looking around. "Don't worry, Inuyasha. Sango and I will get Kagome, you go find Kikyo."

"You really think I'm going to trust you with finding her?" I growled.

"Don't worry, Inuyasha. We'll find her, you just go find Kikyo." Sango said quite convincingly.

I growled deeper, but nodded all the same. I had always been able to trust these people before, why not now? The fox demon had broken down into sobs. 'The little twerp would never let anything happen to Kagome anyway. I'll go find Kikyo, I can trust them with finding Kagome.'

"All right. If she's not back here, safe, by the time I get back, both of your heads are going to roll." And with that I sped off following Kikyo's unmistakable scent.

Little did I know that Kagome was already looking for Kikyo herself.

*fin

Do you like it? It's my first attempt at an Inuyasha fic, but I think with some hard work, I can make this thing turn out purty good. Please tell me what you think.

Lovies ^o^

~S saiyan Vegeta4013