Time changes all: ch 1- reason for a broken heart

Ok guys this is my first attempt at actually posting a story (I have been reading the for years and could never get enough courage up to actually do it) so please only "encouraging criticism" in other words don't review and say "omg your story sucks" . thanks! Oh yea, ahhem I do not own InuYasha or any of the other characters from the original story. . yay duty done .

TIME CHANGES ALL Ch 1

Kagome smiled it was a beautiful day, sunny and warm. Soothing to her frayed nerves. She sighed, so far in this race to gather shards they were loosing, something she feared to admit even to herself, because the consequences were so great. She glanced at her companions, Sango was fuming while watching the soup, Miroku was watching Sango with a large handprint on the side of his face, and Shippo was playing with Kirara. She loved her friends so much, their quirks made her laugh, and even though they had all been through so much they still managed to be some of the happiest people that she knew, they felt like family and she had to win this race for them as much as herself. Kagome looked around wondering where InuYasha was and finally looked up and saw him sitting above her in a tree.

InuYasha, he was a different matter entirely, sometimes she was amazed at how quickly and how great her love for him had grown. She would do almost anything for him, but unfortunately her love was not returned. She scowled as she thought of all the times she had found him in Kikyo's arms, as she remembered him kissing her.

"oi! Are you guys done with lunch yet? We need to get moving."

Snapped InuYasha as he jumped out of the tree, interrupting Kagome's thoughts. Kagome glared at him "InuYasha, we've only been here for ten minutes, and we've been traveling for a week now, we're almost back to the village. Why are you in such a hurry?!"

"we need to leave, now!" He growled back and then turned and sniffed the wind. Kagome looked at him in shock, he was acting rather strangely, like they were in some kind of danger.

"What's wrong?" she whispered, and InuYasha's golden eyes widened at her understanding tone. "nothing, I-" at Kagome's soft look he crossed his arms and snorted,

"something just doesn't smell right" he mumbled gently and then tried to cover up his softness by snapping "which you would know if you weren't such a pathetic human"

Kagome's eyes narrowed in anger and she stuttered. Miroku who had been listening in on their exchange intervened before a yelling match ensued.

"if something is wrong don't you think we should be leaving soon?" Kagome blinked, realizing the monk was right she quickly agreed.

"yes of course Miroku, we should start pack-"

Kagome stopped and turned east "an evil aura" she murmured. InuYasha looked from her to the point in the distance she gazed at and scented the wind.

"pack up we're leaving as soon as possible" he ordered and jumped back into the tree, ears alert and nose twitching. Kagome and the others quickly broke camp.

All the rest of the afternoon InuYasha hurried them along, both he and Kagome could sense the demon fallowing them, drawing ever closer. Toward nightfall they arrived at the village and waited in Kaede's hut. Kagome sat starring out into the growing darkness feeling the aura come ever closer until suddenly it vanished. Kagome looked up at InuYasha as he came to the door.

"can you smell it?" InuYasha looked at her, observing with growing worry her pale face and wide nervous eyes. She was afraid, and fear was something rarely seen in her. So because he could sense it so clearly he knew that the aura that had fallowed them must be very evil.

"no" he whispered sitting down next to her and drawing her into his arms "they seem to have completely disappeared."

Kagome looked up into his eyes that glinted gold in the fading rays of the sun. She wondered if he knew how much comfort she got just from him being so near, especially when she felt that something very bad was about to happen. She leaned into him and sighed, her eyes slowly closed as she began to drift asleep. Then his body suddenly shifted as his head snapped up, before he jumped up and ran into the forest she heard him whisper one word that tore he heart to shreds.

"Kikyo"

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