Disclaimer: Nope, I don't own Inuyasha. This series belongs to the great author Rumiko Takahashi! Please, if you don't like it, be gentle with me. This is Inuyasha/Kagome and some Sango/Miroku fic. Thanks for reading! And please review!! And if you have time, please read my other fic, "A Day in A Tavern and Two Drunk Men." And/or "Troubles in the Future" Thank you all!!

Inuyasha sat lazily on the ground, eyes wide staring up at the sky. Kagome and Shippo sat beside him; giggling and laughing continuously. He sighed. He wasn't in a very good mood this morning, and he was about to show it.

"Will you two shut-up already?" Inuyasha said rather forcefully.

"You don't make any sense." Shippo said eyeing him head to toe.

"Why?"

"Because," Shippo said, "One minute you're telling Kagome to be quiet and you yell at her and scream and her and all that. And the next minute you're all protective of her and you get all mad if any guy, Miroku, Kouga, whoever..even talk to Kagome. I mean. when I first saw you two I could have sworn that Kagome is your woman.and next thing I know.. There's Kikyo and all this other confusing stuff about feeling guilty about her death and hating her for pinning you to a tree. and then hating Naraku after. One minute you hate Kagome, love Kikyo and other times you love Kagome and hate Kikyo. Make up your dumb mind already!!" Shippo yelled.

"WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!" Inuyasha yelled trying to fake confusion.

Shippo sighed.

"See what I mean, Kagome?" They both looked up and she was gone.

"What..where'd she go?" Inuyasha said.

"I don't know."

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"Leave me alone!" Kagome yelled afraid, trying to hang on for dear life.

"Go back to your own time. there's no room for both of us here." Kikyo said. She had kidnapped Kagome during Inuyasha and Shippo conversation and tied her to a tree.

"GO BACK TO YOUR OWN TIME!" Kikyo screamed, punching Kagome right across the face, causing her to bleed on the area she was hit. Kagome didn't answer.

"DO NOT INTERFERE WITH ME AND INUYASHA. UNDERSTOOD?" Still no answer.

"ANSWER ME, WITCH!" She yelled slapping her once more.

Kagome only looked her straight in the eye.

"I can't believe I'm the reincarnation of a wench like you.." She whispered.

Kikyo answered with a sharp jab in Kagome's chest. Kagome began to cough. Her insides felt horrible and pain was inflicted all over her body and she fell unconscious. Kikyo turned hearing something behind her, and disappeared.

Later, little droplets of rain were falling from the deep blue sky. Inuyasha looked up at and was certain that a downpour was headed their way. He rushed to find Kagome catching her scent.

"KAGOME!" Inuyasha yelled when he saw her bruised and unconscious body.

"What.What happened?" The rain came down harder this time and he ran into a cave where he had left Shippo at.

"WHAT HAPPENED?!" Shippo asked running to Kagome.

"I don't know! I saw her like this in the forest!" Inuyasha said frustrated.

"Did you pick up any scent from who it could be?"

"No, just fresh soil from the gravesite, in the village of Kaede." He ran up by Kagome's side, and wiped off all the blood on her and bandaged her wounds. He hadn't told Shippo the whole truth. He also smelt Kikyo's scent. He sighed desperately.

"I hope she's alright.." Shippo said nervously.

"I hope so too."

'Could it be Kikyo?' He thought.

'No, it can't be her. I.....What's going on? Did Kikyo* really do this? Or was it just a trick from Naraku?' He kept debating with himself.

He always thought the Kikyo he knew could never hurt anyone....But then again, this wasn't the same Kikyo he knew long ago.

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Right at that moment, Kagome shifted and turned to Inuyasha. She only looked up at him but didn't say a word. She groaned when she felt a sharp pain in her side and moved to her right.

"What happened Kagome? Are you alright?" Inuyasha said worry evident in his voice. He put his hand up to her head. No fever. No internal bleeding, at least.

She didn't answer. Her brownish eyes stayed open staring into Inuyasha's amber-gold ones.

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"Kagome. tell me who did this to you." He said, adding a bit more of anger in his tone for the one who hurt her; grabbing her hand in the process.

She suddenly began to cough and she held her side in pain. Inuyasha grabbed hold of her trying to comfort her while she continued to moan in pain.

"I never knew she could hit that* hard."

"Who?"

Kagome looked up to him, with pain in her eyes. "No one. I was just saying....uh... Where's Shippo?" She asked noticing that the little fox was no where to be seen.

"Don't change the subject on me! WHO!" Inuyasha said jumping up angrily.

"There's no point. you wouldn't believe me if I told you." Kagome said harshly.

"Yes I would. Do you think I'm so cold that.that."

Kagome looked at him and shook her head. "No, that's not what I meant. I mean that if I tell you.Well.you might end up either doing something stupid or yelling at me. I don't want either one."

"You think I'm stupid?"

"No, you just jump into situations without thinking about it."

"It was Kikyo, wasn't it? I caught her scent over at the place I found you. Ashes and fresh soil." Kagome just looked down and sighed.

"Tell me what's going on."

"You won't understand."

"Kagome! Tell me what she did you! I'm through with all these things happening to you and you're not telling me what I need to know! Now out with it!"

"WHY DO YOU WANT TO KNOW?! SINCE WHEN DID YOU CARE ABOUT ME?! I SEE YOU CARE ABOUT KIKYO BUT NOT ME! WHY SHOULD I SAY ANYTHING? Don't you remember telling me that I'm nothing but a "helpless little human" and that you weren't going to waste your time "babysitting" me?!"

"I DIDN'T MEAN IT LIKE THAT!"

"OH SURE SO WHAT DID YOU MEAN?!"

"Kagome.I..sometimes I say things I don't mean. It's only when I'm angry. I....it's not like I'm serious or anything. I thought you would have known that by now." He said, pain filling up his voice.

Right in the middle of that conversation Miroku, Sango, Shippo and Myoga came rushing in. Kagome still glared at Inuyasha but he only looked at her sadly, sighed and left the cave.

"Kagome what happened?" Sango asked as Inuyasha slipped out of the cave .

"I was.....Kikyo beat me up." She said laughing softly. "Guess I really am a wimp."

"I know about that but why did Inuyasha leave like that?"

Kagome sighed.

"We got into a fight."

"About what?"

"What else? Kikyo. He wanted to know what was going on and I told him that he wouldn't understand. He wouldn't. I mean.... If I ever told him that Kikyo was trying to kill me he'd..... he'd probably yell at me or get angry with me. There's no point."

"You have to tell him sometime, Kagome."

"Yea.I know."

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"What the hell is her problem? I just wanted to know what was going on!!! If that's the way she wants to be than forget her!" He said angrily.

"I don't need an annoying wench by my side all day!!"

"Inuyasha?"

Inuyasha looked down from the tree he was sitting in and saw Miroku.

"What?!"

"I'd like to talk to you."

"Feh. I'm not in the mood right now as you can see."

"It's about Kagome."

"Whatever."

"She's sorry for yelling at you."

He jumped down from the tree with a disbelieving look on his face.

"Sure it's not like I care though!" He said, still angry about their argument and her saying that he wouldn't understand.

"You should give her a chance!"

"CHANCE FOR WHAT? SHE JUST DOESN'T GET IT! I CARE! ABOUT HER! SHE DOESN'T GET IT! IF THAT'S THE WAY SHE'S GOING TO BE ABOUT IT THEN FINE WITH ME!" He yelled, walking away.

"No, wait! It's not her fault!!" Miroku said while Inuyasha continued walking.

"It's not her fault she doesn't want to tell you that Kikyo's been trying to kill her for weeks now!"

That stopped Inuyasha's tracks dead on. "What? Kikyo..She's trying to kill Kagome?"

"I'll explain everything to you just sit down." Inuyasha returned to Miroku and Miroku began to tell him everything.

"Ever since that time you ran into Kikyo, Kagome always had this eerie feeling that someone was watching her. Indeed someone was."

"What do you mean?"

"Do you remember that time you told Kagome to go back to her time about a month ago?"

(A/N Feel me too ask me questions if you don't know about the manga/episode I'm talking about if you're a new fan! If you've read my other fic, you can tell that I love questions! "Voice of Kagome and Kiss of Kikyo" or Volume 8 in manga.)

"Yes."

"That day you were with Kikyo and you two um..you know, you errr..how can I put this.. Tried make for some lost times right if front of Kagome."

(A/N for those you that don't know in that episode, Kikyo kissed Inuyasha right in front of Kagome, and Inuyasha didn't know Kagome was there; due to a spell Kikyo cast on her.)

"You mean when Kikyo kissed me?" Miroku nodded sadly.

"As you know Kagome was tied to a tree right next to you and she saw everything. You couldn't see her because of Kikyo's spell. Ever since then..Kikyo's been taking attempts to kill Kagome. Sango, Shippo and I had been with Kagome when Kikyo attempted to slew her numerous times."

"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?! ARE YOU LYING?!" Although Inuyasha knew the monk was probably telling the truth, he still had a little trust in Kikyo.

"Kagome insisted not to tell you. She said that since you still loved Kikyo. You wouldn't believe it and you'd probably end up yelling at her."

Inuyasha then looked at Miroku.

"I....."

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Kagome was up. She still soared but Kikyo had not hit her hard enough in that little time to make any real damage. She yawned and stared into the fire. Then, she heard Inuyasha and Miroku a small distance away.

'Great.just what I need.' She thought. She got up whispered something to Shippo and Sango and left just before they came in.

"Where's Kagome?" Miroku asked.

"She wanted to have some time alone." Sango said.

"Where?"

"I dunno. She left a while ago."

"She left a couple minutes ago, her scent is still strong." Inuyasha said eyeing Sango. She merely sighed and walked out.

Inuyasha sighed. 'Why do things always have to be so frustrating?' He thought running out to find Kagome.

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"Kagome? Kagome where are you?!" he yelled.

"Inuyasha, the girl is not here."

Inuyasha stopped dead in his tracks, and looked in front of him. "Ki--- Kikyo..."

"You were the one who did that to Kagome weren't you?!"

Kikyo smirked and didn't bother answering.

"That is not the reason I am here."

"Answer me! Just what did you do to her?!"

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And that's the end of Chapter 1! =^_^= It may seem a little depressing at start but I promise it'll be good!! Please review!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!! I really really* would appreciate it! Thanks for everything!

CH. 2 UP Soon!