"Has it ever occurred to you once in your pathetic existence I don't give a damn what you think?!" Kagome screamed at her once-boyfriend before stomping away.

A speechless silver-haired hanyou stood in the room the frazzled girl had just exited. "Wait a minute Kags-"

Kagome whipped around, flames of anger burning in her eyes, their fierceness piercing Inuyasha like a sword. "Do not. Address me. So. IN. FORMALLY." Kagome growled through gritted teeth. Didn't he get it?

Inuyasha was confused out of his mind. What the hell was wrong with her?

"Now." Kagome whispered, "If you don't mind, I will be off." She turned, hiding the tears that had managed to pull through and were now streaming down her face. "And don't try to stop me." And before she knew it she was running, racing away from Inuyasha, away from love, away from everything involving pain.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha cried, racing after her. There was no WAY she'd escape. What did she think he was, brainless? She was CRYING. He hated when she cried, it hurt worse than having an arrow slice his heart. Hell, it WAS having an arrow pierce his heart.

Kagome paused, resisting the urge to turn and race into his arms, fall into his warm embrace that had never failed to heal her emotional wounds. Inuyasha's living room took over a deathly silence. Her legs shook, every part of her body was telling her to turn, to cry into the one she truly loved, to let him kiss her tears away…but then that obnoxious little voice in her head would say a name that made her shudder and want to scream in agony.

"Inuyasha…" Kagome whispered through the salty taste of tears, "Just leave me alone!" and before either of them could change anything, she was gone.

"Yo! Mutt-face!" came a voice that made Inuyasha gag both externally and internally. "What the HELL did you do to my Kagome?" Kouga growled, angry flames spiking his eyes.

"Yo! Mangy wolf!" Inuyasha mocked, "I didn't do nothin'." Then he turned back around to his meal at the restaurant. It had been nearly four days since Kagome and Inuyasha's spat, and neither one of them had healed right.

"She's had the scent of crying on her for three whole days goddamnit!" Kouga growled, moving closer to Inuyasha threateningly.

Inuyasha winced at the sound of that. Kagome was crying? She'd been crying for three days? That wasn't right. He should be there with her…he should be stopping her tears and telling her it was all right…so why the hell wasn't he?

Kagome sighed as her eyes fluttered open. She was lying on her bed. 'That's weird' she thought, 'I don't remember falling asleep.'

She yawned, stretching, and got up to inspect herself. She nearly screamed at the sight she saw in the mirror.

Her normally silky raven locks were splayed out in a scraggled mess, her eyes were red and puffy from extended crying sessions, and her whole face was red and blotchy and just…ugh.

She sighed as she ripped a brush through the snarls and tangles, her mind retracing its steps from the past few days. Fresh tears spilled out of her eyes at the thought.

She couldn't believe what a jerk Inuyasha was. She couldn't believe she'd ever loved him! Thoughts of that night spilled into her mind, making her drop the brush mid-tangle and start bawling. She couldn't help it. She had never thought loving someone could hurt so much…it was awful. The pain was barely endurable. She grabbed multiple tissues from her dresser and cleaned up her face as best as she could. 'Forget Inuyasha' a voice told her, 'He's nothin' but a lying, cheating jerk. You saw what he did with Ki-' "Don't say the name!" she begged out loud.

"Hey Kagome!" a strangely singsong voice poured through the wooden cracks in her door, making Kagome want to cry again.

"What?" she asked, matching a cheery tone as best as she could.

"Mom wants to talk to us, so come on downstairs out of your lair."

Kagome sighed. It was bad enough having someone gorgeous and looking a lot like herself to steal her boyfriend with one kiss…

It was another thing entirely to have it be Kagome's own sister.

Kikyo.