(A/N: Kikyo Hater here, with a totally new InuYasha/Kagome story!!!! Hope you guys like it!)

Chapter One

Tears

Tears streamed down Kagome's cheeks and her shoulder shook violently. She was on her knees by her bed, weeping into her hands. On her bed lay the little glass vile, a single Shikon Shard gleaming sadly in it. She half hoped InuYasha would come for her but...

More tears streamed down her cheeks and her hands covered her face. Her mother couldn't help her, Sota couldn't make her feel better, and Jii-chan couldn't make her laugh... it was all Kagome could do to keep herself from becoming extremely and utterly depressed...

She gasped for a moment, looking up quickly as a quick rap tap tap came from her window, but her bright deep chestnut eyes fell sadly as she saw it was only a branch. For a moment there... but InuYasha would never come again...

It had been three days since the group had defeated Naraku and, in the end, ended up with a complete Shikon no Tama. Kohaku was alive without the shikon shard in his back, curtsy of Sesshomaru-sama's mother (Kagome mused that it was probably the only nice thing he would ever do for InuYasha, and had only done it for poor Rin-chan's sake; the little girl had been crying over Kohaku's dead body as if her heart had been ripped out and lain bare), and the Inu taiyokai had given Kagome one wish, handing the young school girl the shikon shard.

Flashback
Kagome shifted uneasily under the scrutiny of the beautiful yokai's gaze, the woman's amber eyes sparkling. Around the two, a barrier had been erected to keep their conversation private. InuYasha, his eyes full of fear tried to get through, but couldn't; he knew what Kagome was about to do, and hated that she was going to betray him, even if she thought it was for his own good.

"You have the strength of those far stronger than you, and the wisdom of those far older than you," the taiyokai said, placing a delicate clawed hand on Kagome shoulder, causing the young girl to look up into those bright blue eyes. "You can have one wish only..."

Miroku's kazaana had disappeared, and Kohaku was alive; the only thing she wanted was InuYasha's happiness... even if it ment she couldn't be with him.

Tears pooled in the pits of her eyes and she swallowed sadly, holding back a sadness that engulfed her spirit. Looking at the shikon shard in her hand, she whispered, "I wish InuYasha would just... just forget about me so that he can live here happily while I live in my own era."

The yokai's eyes widened at the selflessness of the girl before her. Nodding her head slightly, she hooked a finger under Kagome's chin so that she could speak her eye to eye. Tilting the girl's head up, she said softly, "Your wish shall be granted, but due to the fact that you thought of others before yourself, keep the shard; if you are ever in need or pain, use it to come back. InuYasha might remember you then..."

Kagome nodded and closed her eyes as the barrier engulfed her. InuYasha cried out, rushing towards her. "KAGOME NO!!!!" he screamed. She looked at him, tears streaming down her cheeks in sparkling streams. The last thing she heard before closing her eyes and reopening them at her family's shrine was her own name, the end ringing shrilly in her ears just as it always did when he was frightened or worried for her.

The last thing he heard before forgetting everything he knew was her whispering her name. "InuYasha..."

End Flashback

Three days… It felt weird, not going back… Her heart rate would speed up whenever she pasted the old well, and sometimes, just out of habit, she found herself walking over to the well house. Those were the times it hurt the worst…

Kagome bit her lip, her teeth tearing through the flesh and a small bit of blood appearing on the pink surface. She sucked on it, her stomach hurting as it pouted that any blood be given to it, but it felt like a little sting compared to the pain Kagome felt in her heart.

Her hands shook slightly and she let her head fall into her hands again, her shoulders shaking as renewed sobs racked her body. One name echoed through her head; 'InuYasha…'

(A/N: Short chapter, I know but…)