Disclaimer- I do not own InuYasha, but I do own the plotline and a few of the characters are my own creation. InuYasha rightfully belongs to the wonderful Rumiko Takahashi.
Kagome sat on the edge of the Bone Eaters well and gave a long sigh. She shivered slightly as a cool breeze swept through the air.
It was almost the end of the warm summer season and Kagome had started a new year at her school. So far it hadn't gone as she had planned. She managed to persuade Inuyasha (with a lot of sits) to let her stay in her own time and focus on her school work for a week before galloping back to the feudal era to search for the jewel shards.
The young girl looked down a little sadly.. Things weren't meant to be this way.. She gave a small smile to herself and then looked up again to see Sango, Shippo and Miroku stepping towards the well to greet her.
"Kagome-chan! Welcome back!" smiled the young demon slayer.
"Kagome!" exclaimed the small fox child as he leapt happily onto the girl's shoulder.
Kagome slowly put her head up and glanced around.
"Hey guys.. where's Inuyasha?" She said weakly, eyes dull. She could not see him and neither sense his aura nearby.
"As you know, ever since Naraku's disappearance, there have been so many troublesome demons about. He went to chase one away that was trying to attack the village. But don't worry, it was only a weak lizard demon." filled in Miroku, a tight grip on his staff, the rings on it gently jingling in the wind. "It seems that we have a long battle ahead of us.."
Sango looked up at the gloomy sky, which promised that rain would soon be on the way.
"I think it would be wise for us to take shelter inside the hut, it would seem that a storm is soon to come."
-Later-
Kagome stared out of the hut door and into the pouring rain.
'Inuyasha.. where are you? You've been gone for hours now..'
Worry consumed her as she looked at her small hands resting on her lap.
'Should I go and search for him? I'm scared that something might have happened to him.'
Coming to decision, Kagome stood up and silently slipped out of the hut, luckily without anybody realizing. The last thing she wanted was everyone to cause a fuss.
'Inuyasha…'
Images of what might have happened to Inuyasha flooded into Kagome's mind as she forced her way through the pounding rain.
He could be lying on the forest floor, lifeless right now, surrounded in his own pool of blood. It was too much to bear.
Kagome ran as fast as her legs would carry her. Finally after what seemed like hours of searching, Kagome caught a glimpse of red in the far off clearing. Relief consumed her. But that feeling quickly dissipated as she saw a woman in the arms of the man she loved..
Kikyo.
