Disclaimer: I don't own any Inu yasha stuff. I wish I did but u know the fact that I don't have it is the sad sorry truth. Koji is mine! All mine. He doesn't show up 4 a while tho, hehe
Two figures sit embracing on a small hill under a night with out a moon. Inu yasha's forest is just as it had been about a year earlier, same demons, same curse, and the same savior. Well a few saviors for the most part.

The young girl was first to break the romantic silence, "Inu yasha? Do you remember when I first came to this era?" "Ya," looks at her curiously, "why?" "I was just curious, did you really want to hit me then?" "No, I mean. I'm glad I never hit you." "Me too. Um, Inu yasha? Do you. still think that I'm useless?"

Inu yasha answers very surprised. "Kagome!? How can you even ask me that? I wouldn't be anything with out you!" "Well, that is good to know." Kagome couldn't help but feel that he was hiding some secret he wouldn't tell her. "I'm glad"

The next day Inu yasha, Miroku, Kagome, Shippo, and Sango set out to find more shikon shards. Kagome and Sango are off ahead of Inu yasha and Miroku talking about things they wouldn't be interested in anyway.

Miroku was first to take both Inu yasha's and his eyes from the girls. "Hey Inu yasha. When you first met Kagome, what would you have done if someone told you that . never mind?" Inu yasha now quite confused said, "If basically any one talked to me at all I would have tried to slice them in half, but of course Kagome would walk in just in time to pull the sit thing." He grins at this thought. "So boys are u done with your in depth conversation?" Both guys turn in front of them to see the girls looking at them puzzled. They just laugh: "we're done"

Later that night, everyone was asleep except Kagome and Inu yasha. Kagome doesn't seem to notice Inu yasha is awake, watching her out of the corner of his eye.

Quietly Kagome stands and begins to walk deep into the forest in the direction of the well. Inu yasha notices that she has a forlorn and tragic look on her face, one he was not used to seeing her with. Under his breath Inu yasha quietly mumbles "Where the hell is she going"

He follows close behind her but far enough away so she couldn't see him. Reaching a clearing Kagome abruptly stops and turns around, looking in the direction of Inu yasha. He is about to come out of the shadows but holds back with the sound of a very familiar voice. "So Kagome planning to run away?" The voice, uttered angrily. Kagome spun around quickly, "No I was." She sees a very agitated Kikyo standing behind her: "Oh but you should!" Kikyo interrupted. "I mean no one wants you here. Kagome eyeing her suspiciously, "What do you mean? I'm here because Inu yasha does want me hear, he said so! "He did? Inu yasha doesn't want you here whether he said so or not, he loves the jewel and the need to become a full demon." "No! But he said."Tears now falling from Kagome's eyes.

" You can't believe what he says. He is using you, gaining your trust so he can take the jewel when your guard is down." Inu yasha, viewing this from the darkness is too stunned to do anything. Kagome, almost yelling retaliates, "But he said he. needed me! That he wouldn't be anything. without me." "Yes he does need you. He only needs you to find the fragments for him and to him being half human is being nothing. You girl are just his 'jewel detector'. You should just go back to where you came from! You are wanted there."

Kagome falls helplessly to her knees. Kikyo couldn't help smiling, she was so pleased with her self. 'Leave girl! You will be in my way no longer. Take my pitiful advice, then Inu yasha will love me as he once did.' She couldn't help but smile being as pleased with herself as she was. 'Kagome, the love of his life is suffering before me, because she thinks he doesn't love her. How tragic.'

"He doesn't love you."

This one phrase rings in Kagome's ears,

He doesn't love you!

He doesn't love you!

He doesn't love you!

He doesn't love me?

He doesn't love me.

He doesn't love me.

She falls to her knees. And now, sees nothing.

This is my first fan fic so pleaz review and tell me wut u think. Don't be too harsh tho.