I know I'll get flamed by the rosary lovers for this one. "But Kagome needs the beads! Her spiritual powers that could turn Inuyasha to a pile of ash aren't enough! Besides, she doesn't use them that much later on." So, it's okay to enslave people if you're not cruel all of the time, only some of the time?

A Brand-New Girl by Hrtofdrkns

Chapter One: The Other Side of the Story

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha.

"Kagome SIT!"

The hanyou girl crashed to the ground. Panic overwhelmed her, as it always did. She was being smothered by the earth that filled her mouth.

After the spell wore off Kagome lifted herself out of the crater. Shippou was laughing and pointing at her.

"HAHAHA! Serves you right!"

All Kagome had done was ask for some ramen. She liked the taste, that's all. For some reason this had made Inuyasha furious.

"Just for that, you ungrateful bitch, no food for you." Inuyasha then started to serve food from his backpack to the kitsune, who gobbled it up greedily.

Kagome looked to Sango and Miroku. They just shook their heads, muttering about what an idiot she was, as if she wasn't even there.

This was all Inuyasha's fault. If he had just given her the jewel she could have become a full demon. Finally she would have known happiness. Instead he had shattered it and the old hag had cursed her with the beads. Now Inuyasha could hurt her with a word whenever he felt like it.

But what could Kagome do but try to endure? She was a hanyou, and this is how hanyou's were to be treated. It was the way of the world.

After lunch was over their journey to recover the jewel shards continued. Suddenly Kikyou appeared and attacked Kagome. The wolf youkai was empowered by two shards in her legs and it was all Kagome could do to match their strength. Just as she was on the verge of victory, it happened again.

"SIT!"

Kagome was slammed into the ground so hard she made a crater. Once again she couldn't breath. The only sound was the fox's laughter.

As she pulled herself out, she was greeted by the sight of Kikyou holding hands with Inuyasha.

"It kills me to leave you under the care of this worthless half-breed, but I have no choice."

Kagome snorted. Didn't Inuyasha realize what Kikyou was? She had ordered her wolves to slaughter an entier village for no reason at all and tried to kill Kagome unprovoked several times. Yet Inuyasha wouldn't hear anything negative about the wolf princess.

Kikyou vanished in a tornado as Kagome crawled out of the pit, only to be slammed down again.

"I've told you to leave Kikyou alone."

"But she attacked me..."

"SITSITSITSITSITSITSIT!"

Scene Change

After Kagome could move again, the journey continued. Shippou would occasionally jump onto her head and pull her ears or scream into them. If she dared try to stop him, a sit.

Around sundown another youkai attacked. Kagome was wounded, but managed to kill it. She didn't get so much as a thank you in return from her so-called friends. They reached a village soon after, and her ears picked up the calls of "halfbreed!" "filth" and "monster". But Inuyasha said nothing. He just acted real polite to the innkeeper and asked about a room. Sure he said, but that thing can't stay.

And so Kagome once again slept alone. Actually it was kind of nice. No fox, no Kikyou, no sits.

The next day it was off on the jewel hunt again. Inuyasha had a grin on his face that made Kagome nervous. When they were walking over a bridge he turned to her. Oh please no.

"Kagome SIT!"

She crashed through the wood and into the water. This was the worst of all. She was drowning.

After she got out Inuyasha told her to lighten up. It was only a joke.

Scene Change

Later they went through the well to Inuyasha's home. There Kagome was greeted by Inuyasha's mother and younger brother. They were nice to her, at least.

"But what about the jewel? If Naraku completes it could be the end of the world."

"SIT!" SLAM! "Who cares about that? I have a test I need to study for! No go wait outside untill I'm ready to go back."

Kagome stood outside, watching the happy family eat dinner through the window. Once, she had felt love for the human boy Inuyasha. But now, as she watched him enjoy his perfect dinner, with his perfect family, and live his perfect life, all she could feel was burning disgust and hatred.

Scene Change

Kagome's eyes shot open. She lay in her sleeping bag, Inuyasha's worried face looking down on her.

"Kagome, how do you feel?" He asked as she sat up. "You've had a high fever. We've been worried."

Kagome looked at Inuyasha for a few moments before throwing her arms around him.

"I'm sorry! I'm so so sorry!" she cried over and over. The shocked hanyou could only hug her back. He was inexperianced at comforting someone, but he tried his best. He rubbed her back and rocked back and forth untill Kagome called down.

"I...I had a dream. A nightmare." She sniffed. "I saw things through your eyes. Inuyasha, I want you to tell me the truth. Have I ever been unfair or cruel to you?"

The hanyou thought for a moment, then realized there was no reason to sugar-coat his response. If she really wanted the truth, he would tell her.

"Sometimes."

Kagome nodded. "Things are going to be different from now on. For starters, we don't need this." She reached up to his neck and broke the rosary. Inuyasha's mouth hung open as she threw it out the window. "I should have done that a long time ago."

"You..." Stammered Inuyasha, to stunned by this sudden turn of events to speak.

"That's right. I trust you completely. I know you would never hurt me. But I was using that thing to hurt you whenever I was feeling mean. I just never really saw it that way before now."

"It wasn't really that bad. It didn't hurt that much." Inuyasha said.

"That's not the point. Nobody deserves how I was treating you. Especially not someone as wonderful as you Inuyasha. I'm sorry."

It took Inuyasha a little while to recover from so many shocks one after another. No more sits? Trust? Wonderful!

"You should rest." He told her, gently pushing her down into her sleeping bag while trying to sort through his emotions. "And I...I forgive you."

Kagome smiled and fell back to sleep, promising herself that she would make things right.

To be continued.

Yes yes, I am well aware that Kagome was never that cruel to Inuyasha. But a nightmare tends to twist things, put the worst possible slant to events.

The next chapter will be Kagome trying to right all of the wrongs she has done Inuyasha, with him being completely bewildered.