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Stuck in the Past Chapter 1: Betrayal

"I'M GOING HOME AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO TO STOP ME!" Kagome yelled at the stupid, idiotic, egotistical, stubborn, jerk, otherwise known as InuYasha.

"Wanna bet!"

"Sit Boy!" # crash #

Finally making it to the well Kagome yelled "see you in four days," as she jumped into it. Climbing out of the well was so much easier seeing as she didn't have her huge yellow bag with her. Running into her house Kagome called out in a sing song voice "Mom, Souta, Grandpa! I'm home!"

"Oh hello Kagome! Would you like some breakfast?" her mom asked poking her head out of the kitchen.

"Thanks for offering mom but I already ate. If it's all right with you do you think that I could spend today with my friends?"

"Of coarse it is, just be back for supper."

"Thanks mom!" Kagome yelled while running up the stairs to her room. Grabbing her phone she called her friends but only Eri was able to spend the day with her. Of course it took a few minutes to ensure her that she was indeed feeling well enough to go out and that she didn't have any more life threatening diseases that are usually only found in elderly people. Sometimes she wondered if they actually listened to her when she told them that she was feeling well seeing as they would constantly ask her about 10 times every minute if she needed to rest. Oh well at least she was able to get out and do something fun for a change. Scanning the clothes heaped on the floor of her room for something to wear nothing caught her interest so she went over to her closet. Picking out a pair of baggy denim jeans and a light blue tank top she quickly changed. Finally she slipped on a pair of running shoes, grabbed her wallet and headed out the door.

Kagome enjoyed a fun day of hanging around with Eri. They walked around town just hanging out. Not really having any plans made the day very enjoyable, as they were able to do whatever the felt like. After seeing a new horror movie that Kagome was sure would give her nightmares, despite that fact that she's probably scene worse thing happen the fudal era, they both decided that is was time say good bye seeing as they were getting short on cash. Kagome walked slowly up all the stairs that lead to the temple not in any hurry. Finally making it to her house she walked up even more stairs to reach her room where she promptly fell onto her bed and despite her best effort she couldn't stop her self from thinking about her reason for wanting to come home so suddenly.

(Yes this is a Kikyou, hate that bitch, and inu moment. I mean what good FF doesn't have one of those. eye roll)

.: Flashback :.

They had come back to the village for a few days rest and it was early evening when InuYasha disappeared. Since this had become a usual occurrence over the past few weeks they just went about preparing supper like normal.

"I'm going to the river to get some more water for dinner." Kagome told Sango and when she saw her nod her head Kagome walked off towards the river. Upon arriving at the stream Kagome found InuYasha and Kikyou together.

"InuYasha wish me back to life when you have the completed Shikon no Tama." Kikyou told InuYasha as she walked forward to embrace him.

"Of coarse I will. All I've ever wanted was to be with you." InuYasha proclaimed as he pulled her closer to him.

"What of my reincarnation?"

"Once she's fulfilled her usefulness she'll be gone I only keep her around for the jewel."

Having scene enough Kagome ran back to Kaede's hut, but when she was half way back she remembered that she didn't have the water so she walked back to the river hoping that they would be gone when she arrived. When she arrived back at the stream she let out a breath she didn't know she was holding when she saw that both InuYasha and Kikyou were no where in sight. Filling up her water containers she quickly made her way back to the others planning on going home in the morning.

.: End Flashback :.

Well that's how she ended up back home again. She had been planning on going home to visit her family for the day but she had also been planning on spending time relaxing in the fudal era with her friends there. She had gotten over her little crush on him a while ago and thought that they were good friends but it seems that she was wrong about that also. 'I can't believe that inconsiderate, selfish, thoughtless, insensitive, uncharitable, unkind, uncaring…'

(Don't you just love thesauruses?)

"Kagome suppers ready."

Her mothers' voice broke her out of her mental InuYasha name calling session and snapped her back into reality. Sighing she and slipped on her happy go lucky mask that she'd started to live in. Just put a big smile on your face and nobody will ever suspect that something is wrong. She didn't want everyone worrying over her when there were more important problems to deal with.

Going downstairs she enjoyed a nice meal with her family and got caught up on all the current happening around the town. They were laughing and joking as they used to and Kagome found that she was finally enjoying herself. Whenever she, Sango, Shippo and Miroku would start enjoying themselves like this Inu Yasha would always yell at them to shut up saying that they were alerting all possible demons of there position.

The next three days she spent, as any other teenager would have. Going to school, not really paying attention, and fooling around with your friends.

On the fourth day home she threw the new clothes she bought into a smaller over the shoulder bag, she was really getting tired of wearing her school uniform 24/ 7. Seeing as she left her yellow bag in the fudal era there was no need for a bigger one. Saying good bye to her family she jumped into the well and through time itself.

InuYasha

"Where is that girl? She said that she'd be back in four days! That lazy wench wait till I get…"

"Sit boy." Kagome interrupted putting an end to his ranting. "It's good to see you to" she interjected sarcastically.

Standing InuYasha turned and was about to start yelling at her until he saw what she was wearing, black cargo pants and a white off the shoulder top. 'WOW Kagome looks good. No wait she can't look good, she's not allowed.'

Getting angry InuYasha starred yelling at her.

"You always go home and we always get stuck waiting for you to come back to what's really important. Well you know what I won't let you go back."

By now Kagome was getting really mad between what she heard down by the river and what she was hearing now she was just in no mood to listen to the self adsorbed hanyou.

"And just what are you gonna do to stop me?"

"This." InuYasha replied with an evilish smirk forming on his face. Before Kagome could even comprehend his words InuYasha had drawn Tetsuaiga and destroyed the Bone Eaters Well.

Kagome stared at the area where the well used to be in shock her mind refusing to accept what her eyes were seeing. InuYasha had used the Wind Scar so that there was absolutely nothing left of well only a huge hole that showed where it used to be. Looking over at InuYasha her eyes filled with anger, disgust and loathing. She put all of these feelings that he'd made her feel over the years, but refused to give into, into saying one little, three letter word.

"Sit." She said softly but the hatred and anger in her voice made it more effective then all the times she's screamed that word at the top of her lungs and thus effectively rendering him unconscious for at least two days. Not wasting any time Kagome ran with all her might into the forest away form the village, away from all her friends and especially away from InuYasha.

Days had passed but she dare not stop moving for she knew that it wouldn't take him that long to wake up and she had not idea if he would come after her or just get Kikyou to take her place. She was willing to bet that he would come after her just to yell at her. Slipping in some mud Kagome fell forward catching herself on her hands before her face could land in said mud. Getting up was slow and painful but she forced her self to start moving again. Her entire body was shaking from exhaustion and starvation and it was no wonder that in her current state she didn't feel the presence of three jewel shards approaching fast. Tripping again, this time over a tree root, getting up was even harder. She made it to her hands and knees and tried to push herself the rest of the way up but was unable to fully stand before her body gave out from exhaustion. She didn't even hear a familiar voice call out as she passed into the sweet oblivion of darkness never knowing if her body ever reached the ground.

Seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, years. Kagome didn't know how long she had remained in that sweet oblivion of darkness. The only thing that she knew was that when she had managed to gather up enough strength to open her eyes and look around she was not in the forest where she remembered being but rather in a semi-dark cave. She was lying on a very comfortable pile of furs and she could see the smouldering embers of a fire off to her left just waiting for some fuel to bring them to life again. Painfully moving her abused muscles she was able to prop herself up on her elbows to get a better look around. What she saw didn't help her much seeing as it was getting dark and she couldn't see much of anything.

"Kagome?" a voice called.

Looking back towards the opening of the cave she was confronted by a very familiar sight.

"Kouga?" Kagome asked clearly confused as to what was going on. The relief that appeared on his face only made her more confused. 'What the hell is going on here!'

"Kagome your awake thank Kami I was so worried! Your not hurt any where are you? Are you hungry? What am I saying of course you're hungry. I mean who wouldn't be hungry after…"

"KOUGA!" Kagome yelled. Stopping the rambling wolf. "What's going on? Where am I? And what are you doing here?" Her frustration and confusion must have been very evident because Kouga just stared at her for a second before her started chuckling and while still laughing he motioned for her to wait a moment. He strode over to the other side of the cave and rummaged around in a bag for a moment before returning to where she was with some food. Suddenly aware of how hungry she was she ate everything given to her while Kouga settled down beside the furs she was sitting in.

"Well." She demanded after she finished eating every crumb of food she had.

"Actually there's not much to tell. I was on my way to talk to you about Naraku when I noticed your sent quite a ways form the village so I came to check it out and that's when I found you. You had just passed out from exhaustion, I presume, so I found this cave a little ways from where you were and brought you here to rest."

Kagome looked over at him and studied the expression on his face. There was definitely worry there, she could also tell that he wanted to know what happened that lead to her being like this. She was very grateful that he wasn't pressing the matter and letting her decide if she wanted to tell him what happened at this moment or later on. Sighing she collapsed back on to the furs it seemed as if her body could no longer support her weight.

As if sensing her exhaustion Kouga gently ordered her to rest. "We'll talk later."

"Kouga, don't let Inu Yasha find me." Kagome said softly. Somewhere in the back of her mind she registered the fact that his eyes had widened in shock at the request but he nodded his head saying that he would do as she asked.

"Thank you" was the last thing she whispered before she surrendered once more to sleep.

When Kagome next woke it was to the sound of rattling metal, like the links of a chain clashing together. Opening her eyes she tried to identify where the sound was coming from but all she saw was Kouga moving about the cave preparing some food. The noise had stopped as soon as she had opened her eyes so she just brushed it off thinking that she was hearing things.

"Here."

Kagome jumped at the sudden voice and looked up, quickly, to see Kouga beside her holding some food. Taking the offered food she mock glared up at the wolf demon.

"Don't do that you nearly scared me to death."

His soft chuckling was all the answer she received and she glared at him again, which only resulted in him laughing harder, before eating the food she received. A comfortable silence settle over the two as Kagome gladly ate all that she had been given.

"Thank you, again"

"Anything and everything for my woman." He declared a spark of the old confidence back in his voice now that it seemed that Kagome was physically recovering.

Glancing at the wolf she smiled a small true smile and looked down while shaking her head in exasperation. After a few more minutes of silence she became aware of Kouga studying her and started to fidget nervously under his steady gaze.

"Would you stop that!" she snapped after she became more and more unnerved by his constant staring.

"Why are you trying to stay away from mutt face?"

Kagome's head snapped over to where Kouga sat. She saw nothing but innocent curiosity on his face but his eyes held different story. She saw anger simmering just below the surface of his crystalline blue eyes. The look they held promised revenge of the painful kind. Shivering slightly she turned away from his intense gaze and flopped back onto the furs. Closing her eyes she tried to come up with a way to tell him what had happened so that her would understand. Her brow creased in irritation as the sound of rattling chains returned breaking her train of thought. 'Where the hell is that sound coming from!' Snapping her eyes open she glanced wildly around the cave but only saw that Kouga was walking towards her. Again the sound had stopped once she opened her eyes. Only this time when she looked at Kouga she could see a faint, translucent outline of chains wrapped around his entire body looking as if they were binding him somehow. Shaking her head slightly and blinking a few times the chains disappeared and she was now sure that she was seeing things.

His questions had made painful memories come again before she felt she was ready but them agin she wondered if she would ever be ready to face the truth of what happened. She felt her anger rising again as she thought bout all that he'd done to her. First that basterd betrays her, then her destroys her only way home and now she's hearing and seeing things. Slamming her fist down on the furs she half yelled.

"The basted destroyed the well. Now I can never go home. Never see my family again. It's because of that stupid hanyou that I'm stuck in the feudal era."

'Oh shit I did not just say that.' Glancing over at Kouga she tried to see what his reaction was but all she could see was confusion. She guessed he really didn't know what to make of her outburst.

"Maybe I should explain." Kagome said hastily. Hoping she could tell her story before he got any ideas about what she ment that weren't true. At his small nod she launched into her tale. Finally after about 15 minutes and many unrelated, although funny, stories about her family Kagome had finished her tale. Feeling completely emotionally drained and knowing that she probably had tears in her eyes from recounting the events that led up to this exact moment she quietly asked Kouga if there was a place to bath around. He told her that there was a spring at the back of the cave so she grabbed her bag, which she had spotted earlier, and went to bathe. She was thankful that she had some clean clothes to wear and doubly thankful that she could clean the mud out of her hair. It seemed as if Kouga had tried to clean her up as best as possible while still keeping her privacy in mind. She was extremely touched by the amount of care he'd given to her. She couldn't help but think that if she was in this predicament with Inu Yasha he would have been forcing her to start looking for jewel shards the first time she woke up and he wouldn't have done anything that Kouga has done for her. For a brief moment she entertained the idea of Inu Yasha cooking for her and her mind conjured up the image of him wearing an apron while cooking over a fire. No matter how much she hated him she couldn't help giggling at the idea of him wearing pink apron. But her giggles quickly turned into tears as she realised that the apron she'd put Inu Yasha in was the one that her mom always wore. Her tears mixed in with the steam from he water as she finally allowed herself to shed a few tears over all that she had lost.

Back in the front of the cave Kouga could smell her tears and knew that his woman was crying. He wished that she would let him comfort her but until she trusted him more that wasn't going to happen. Her story about where she came from truly shocked him but it wasn't that hard for him to believe. Her strange clothes, odd saying she sometimes used and her ability to treat anyone as an equal all suggested that she had come from a far away place but he never would have guessed that she come from 500 years in the future. He understood why she was so angry at the hanyou the thought of him never being able to see his pack again really freaked him out. He knew ho much they had sacrificed for him and he will be forever grateful to them.

Thinking back to that point in his life reminded him of someone who might be able to help Kagome with her problem. It might not be the solution she was hoping for and she would have to wait quite a while before she could see her family again, but at least there was a chance that she would see her family again. As opposed to now when there would be no hope of that ever happening.

He paced in the front of the cave restlessly unable to sit still. 'What's taking her so long?' Finally giving up waiting after it felt like an eternity had passes, when in all actuality it was only a few minutes, he "jogged" towards the spring stopping just before the bend that would let him into the chamber where the spring was.

"Kagome"

Kagome had finally stopped crying but she in no way felt any better. She felt all alone knowing that she couldn't go back to the few friends that she had because Inu Yasha was there. Absentmindedly she wondered what he would tell the others and she only hoped that they would be all right with out her. Sighing she sank lower in the water and wondered if she should get out or not.

"Kagome"

Kagome was so startled she jumped upright glancing around wildly ready to give whoever she found a piece of her mind for spying on her.

"Kagome, you still in there?"

Still looking around for where that wolf could be she called out hesitantly,

"Kouga is that you?"

"Who else would it be? Never mind come out here I need to talk with you about something."

"Where are you?"

"Just outside no come on I think that you'll like this."

Before she could reply she heard footsteps walking away. Sighing she got out and dried herself off, using a different clean shirt seeing as she didn't have a towel, and dressed into some clean faded jeans with a blue t- shirt. Slinging her bag over her shoulder and picking up her sopping wet, but now clean clothes, she went back to where Kouga was waiting

Throwing himself down onto the furs that Kagome had been previously occupying he inhaled deeply savouring her aroma. (Makes her sound like some cake lol) Once again he committed that sent to memory savouring each second he was able to smell it and each second he was wit the owner of that sent. Exhaling deeply he raised a hand in front of his face while the other was tucked behind his head. He could feel it just out of his reach. The power he was supposed to have that power he should have the power he would have had if it weren't for his jealous parents.

"So what is it you wanted to talk to me about."

Kouga sat up and waited until she was seated across from him before telling her about his idea of as much about it as he could.

"I know of a woman who might be able to help you." he stated carefully watching her expression.

Her eyes widened and she asked quietly, "you know someone who can get the well back?"

"No. I know someone who can help you, I think, so that you can see your family again." He held a hand out forestalling any more comments from her, "because of the nature of what she is able to do I can't tell you anything we must go see her for you to be able have your questions answered. Also it's up to her to decide if she wants to help but in all the years I know her she's always been willing to help those who need to the best of her ability. What I can promise you is that if she dose help you will see your family again. I just ask that you trust me on this and go see her."

Out of all the reaction he was prepared for the on that did happen he never would have guesses. She launched herself at him knocking them both down onto the furs. Kagome had her arms around his chest and she was muttering thank you over and over again. Kouga lay there stunned for a few seconds before wrapping his arms around the smaller person above him and holding onto her tightly knowing that it could be a while before he held her like this again. No pleasure or joy he ever experience before compared to this.