Return to me...
Chapter 1.
They where all talking around the campfire, all except Inuyasha and Kagome.
Inuyasha was sitting high above a tree staring at Kagome who had her head stuck in her math book.
It had been a week since that awful day and Kagome hadn't talked to Inuyasha since, and the times she did talk to him it was only for a moment and usually she only did so when required.
To say Inuyasha was starting to worry would be wrong more like he was freaking out and kept bugging Kagome for some special attention, the attention he would always get with her without having to ask.
But its not like he could blame her, about a week ago Inuyasha went off to find Kikyo and in his absence a ruthless demon attacked Kagome and the others and by the time he got there the demon was dead but not before hurting his companions.
Since that day Kagome had been cursed with a deep scar in her right shoulder, that she would sometimes without noticing rub which brought great guilt to him, and a brand new bow that belonged to a certain dead miko.
He tried to apologize but she would simply brush it off with an "don't worry about it" and whenever they would find themselves alone in a place it wouldn't take long for Kagome to make an excuse for her to leave. Suddenly the young dog demon was dragged out of his deep thoughts by the sound of the young girls voice
"Its no good, I don't understand any of it" he heard her say under her breath while slamming shut her book and letting out a deep sigh.
She looked around and met the gaze of a certain hanyu, it was only a moment before she turned away and found her bow and arrows lying behind her. She placed them on her back and stood up
"Where are you going Kagome?" asked Shippo with mouth full of what she guessed to be chocolate.
She gave him a motherly smile before replying "I'm going for a walk I'll be back soon"
Inuyasha starred at her retreading form before turning to glare daggers at Shippo. He was jealous that Shippo was the only one to whom Kagome had yet to change attitudes with. He grumbled a couple of choice curses under his breath regarding a certain kitsune before turning his back to the group.
Kagome was panting for breath, she had ran through the forest field three times already and was now carving a small X on the bark of a large tree. She took a deep breath before running in the opposite direction of that tree. She ran for a while before turning around, now running backwards, and aimed her arrow then fired.
She had just fired the arrow when her foot got caught on a root of a tree and she fell backwards with an 'oaf
"Nice Kagome, how are you going to fight against Naraku when you can't even keep your ground against a tree" she said to herself.
She laid back on the ground marveling the clear open sky, then she held her bow in front of her and ran her fingers through it. The memories of that day replayed in her mind and she hated that her mind wouldn't let go of the awful things that Kikyo had said to her...
*Flashback*
"Do you honestly think that Inuyasha stays with you because he 'loves' you or because you can sense the sacred jewel!" Kikyo asked.
Kikyo had somehow appeared right after they defeated the demon and offered to heal their wounds using her miko magic. Kagome had been grateful at the time but when she asked Kikyo where Inuyasha was and she pulled her apart from the others that's when things started to turn for the worst.
Before Kagome could respond Kikyo continued "No! He does it because he feels pity for you, you are the weakest link. Don't you grow weary of always being the one that must be rescued. You do know the only reason your friends don't ask you for your help in battle is not because they worry over your safety it's because they don't want you to stand in their way!"
Kagome was in the brink of tears "That's Not true!" Kagome argued.
Kikyo gave her a hard look before continuing "Yes it is, you aren't that stupid Kagome I am sure of that. You see the way everyone always looks at you right before a battle their silently asking you not to screw up. Look you couldn't even protect those around you and you dare call your self a priestess"
Kagome glanced a wary look to her friends who laid several feet behind, looking pale and weak. She wanted to tell her how wrong she was but she just couldn't bring herself to disagree with Kikyo
" Your just a copy, face it, you can even see it in his eyes can't you. The way he looks at you, don't you ever feel that he is looking past you and into me Ha, for Kami's sake you don't even have your own soul. The power that you posses isn't even yours it's mine. The only thing your doing is stealing from me. Your weak and because of that, the darkness that fills the world can easily go past you and into the jewel. You know that I am right Kagome, the day will come when your weakness will be the end of your companions and even the shikon jewel it is in your best interest to hand over the jewel to me"
Kikyo said holding out her palm but as soon as she saw Kagome grip the jewel tightly she dropped her hand.
"Very well, but I am warning you. You are tainting the jewel with your weakness and soon the last bid of strength you posses will fall and the jewel will be corrupted. When that day comes the jewel will take over your body and you will end up destroying all those you care for. Until that day comes you might as well take this" Kikyo threw Kagome her own bow
"That bow has absorbed some of my miko powers over the years, use it since your was burned to a crisp"...
*End of flashback*
Kagome stood up once again in the brink of tears, Kikyo's word stung her like no others. She walked over to the tree and sighed in disappointment the arrow she shot was no where to be seen, she made sure the tears in her eyes where gone before heading back to camp.
She couldn't help but wonder if Kikyo was right, was she truly tainting the jewel with her weakness. She made it back to camp and didn't even spare a look at the tree that Inuyasha was sleeping in, she tucked herself in
'if Kikyo is right then how long will it be until the jewel takes over me and I end up killing everyone I know' she thought gloomily before closing her eyes and getting some much needed rest.