This is my first fanfic so I hope you enjoy it! Not sure how good it is going to be but I hope that it isn't that bad.

I do not own Inuyasha!

Chapter 1:

The Sunset

It was a warm and beautiful day. Not too hot but not too cold. But, this was not in the 21st century. This story takes place 500 years in the past. Also known as the Fuedal Era. A young girl was perched on top of a hill. Her brown orbs watching the clouds. Her raven tresses blowing in the wind.'Sigh," she sighed.

But this was no ordinary girl. This particular girlis from the future. On her fifteenth birthday she fell down a well. The well somehow was a portal to 500 years in the past. She freed a half demon that was sleeping on a tree with a arrow through his lower left shoulder. Her and the half demon were not great friends at first. But they were both after the same goal, to complete the jewel of four souls. Also known as, the Shikon no Tama. The girl from the past and the hanyou slowly became friends. After a while, they met other people that joined their group. They met Sango, Miroku, Kilala, and Shippou. They all work together to fight demons and anything that stands in their way to complete the legendary shikon no tama.

"Kagome!" Shippou called.

The raven haired beauty looked behind her at Shippou. "Coming!"she replied. She ran towards the little boy.

"What are you doing Kagome?" Shippou asked, taking his paw in her hand. They began to walk into the forest, hand-in-hand.

"Looking at the scenery and thinking," Kagome replied.

"What were you thinking about?" Shippou was a very curious kid.

"Well, you, Inuyasha, Miroku, Sango, Kilala, my family, and the jewel. The normal stuff," Kagome replied.

"Oh," Shippou said.

Shippou and Kagome trudged through the forest. A part of Kagome wanted to go back to the hill and stay there forever. She felt so calm and at peace there. It was a place where she felt as if there was never evil on the Earth. But of course, that is wrong. So terribly, terribly wrong.

There was murder, rape, hate, suicide, racism, and disease on this planet. It was nowhere near peaceful and loving. Shippou noticed her distress and looked up at Kagome. "Kagome?" he asked.

"Hm?"

"Are you alright? You seem a little bit sad today," Shippou said,

'Am I upset? I don't know what's wrong with me today. Maybe I'm just tired or something,' Kagome thought.

"I'm fine Shippou, I'm just tired is I take it that Inuyasha sent you to come and get me?" asked Kagome.

Shippou held back a laugh. It was so obvious that Inuyasha wanted Kagome back. He kept on fidgeting and he kept on looking in the direction that Kagome left in. Shippou wanted to talk some sense into that guy but, he didn't want to get hit in the head either.

"Yeah. He said that you were gone for way too long and that we don't have time for lollygagging. And that we should be looking for the jewel shards and not wasting out time going out for a walk," Shippou said. "Inuyasha can be annoying sometimes. He wouldn't stop fidgeting when you were gone," Shippou added.

"I know how you feel. Sometimes, I just want to take the biggest stick I could find and smack him in the back of the head," Kagome and Shippou started laughing.

Kagome knew that she couldn't do that though. She had strong feelings for the hanyou and she didn't want to seriously injure him. Over the 2 years that they have spent together, she has grown to love him. But the young miko believed that his feelings were not mutual to hers.

Shippou and Kagome walked into the site that the group was staying at. Everyone greeted Kagome, except Inuyasha. He just have her a disgusted look. Kagome matched his look though with one of her own. Inuyasha was caught off guard and he looked away. Happy that she won, Kagome grinned.

On top of the boiling fire, dinner was being made. But it wasn't the usual Ramen. This time, Inuyasha got a pig and that was dinner. Inuyasha was unhappy that they were not having ramen but he grudgingly hunted the pig.

"So, when's dinner going to be ready Inuyasha?" Sango asked.

Inuyasha hopped off of the tree branch that he was on top of. He looked at the roasting pig. "Whenever the hell it's ready!" he yelled.

"Geeze! I was just asking! No need to get moody," Sango whispered the last part.

"I wouldn't be moody if Kagome would've cooked like she always does! She's just too damn lazy to do it herself!" Inuyasha screamed. He forgot that Kagome was now in the campsite and in hearing distance.

"What!" Kagome stood up, glaring at Inuyasha. Inuyasha walked backwards a few steps. He didn't want to be too close to Kagome.

"You heard me! Because your not cooking I have to! Every man knows that a woman should ALWAYS do the cooking. It's just the way it goes," this infuriated Kagome more.

Kagome walked towards Inuyasha, making him step back and she stepped closer. "I always cook! I just wanted one break Inuyasha! ONE! Is that too much to ask for? I just wanted to go on a walk to relax a little bit!" Kagome screamed.

Inuyasha walked closer to Kagome instead of taking steps back. "Yeah! It is too much. You always take breaks. You go to the hot springs, home, and you always take walks! And you don't even do as much as everyone else! You should just stick to your jobs. Cooking and sensing the shards!" Inuyasha spat soon as he said it, he wished that he hadn't.

Kagome choked back a sob. But deep inside, she always thought that she was the most unusefulperson in the group. Her thoughts have just been confirmed.

"Fine!" Kagome yelled, "if you don't need me then I'll go." Kagome began to walk into the woods.

"Kagome..I-I didn't..." Inuyasha called out.

"No Inuyasha..its okay," Kagome walked into the woods and could not be seen by her companions.

When Kagome left it was silent. No one moved or spoke for a couple of minuted. Everyone was taking in what just happened. It was dead silent until Miroku spoke.

"Inuyasha. How could you say that to her?" Miroku asked.

"I didnt mean to..."Inuyasha said. He felt horrible. Kagome, out of all people did not deserve that. She's always so kind and thoughtful. She thinks of everyone before herself. She would do anything to save a person she doesn't know. She is the most purest person Inuyasha has ever seen. And he always hurts her.

"And how can you say that she doesn't do as much as us? She does more then all of us. She's always there for us when we are upset and she helps whenever she can!" Sango yelled.

"I wasn't thinking okay! I didn't think before I said that! It just came out! And of course it's not true!" Inuyasha screamed.

"You should tell Kagome that. Not us," Sango said.

Sango calmed down. She knew that the hanyou had problems with talking. He always says things that he doesn't mean and today was an example of it. She thinks of Kagome as a younger sister and she feels protective over her. She doesn't have much family left and she does not want to lose anymore.

"So should we wait for Kagome to cool down before going to her?" Shippou asked, petting Kilala.

"WE shouldn't. Inuyasha should," Miroku announced.

"What do you mean?" asked Inuyasha.

"Well, isn't it kind of obvious? You and you alone, should be the one to say sorry. You are the one who messed this up. Therefor, you should be the one to make it right once again," Miroku said.

Inuyasha's head dropped and he looked at the ground in shame. Inuyasha hated apologizing. First of all, he wasn't that good at it. And second, he didn't like to be proved wrong. It was just something that Inuyasha always overlooked. But he had to do it. If he didn't Kagome would still be upset and he didn't want that. He'd just have to put his feelings aside.

"I'll go in 5 minutes. That will give her enough time to cool down and not enough time for her to get herself into trouble," Inuyasha said.

Sango and Miroku nodded as Inuyasha hopped onto a tree branch. Inuyasha smelt Kagome's tears. He was resisting the urge of wanting to go and apologize. But, he wanted her to think this through. And he did not want to start a fight. That wouldn't help anything. But for the next five minutes he sat in the tree

and waited.

With Kagome:

Kagome walked through the forest blindly. Her eyes were covered with tears. She wanted to get away. She honestly thought that she was worthless on the inside. But she thought that it was only her who thought of such things. Today, she was proved wrong. Inuyasha proved it. 'Why am I so worthless?! All I am good for is searching for the jewel shards. And I can cook some meals and shoot stupid arrows! They don't need me. I'm the one that caused this mess. It's my fault that the jewel got shattered...if it wasn't for me, Sango's family would of not had to perish. And she wouldn't be all alone.' Kagome sat at the base of a tree.

'Maybe...I just don't belong here, that I should just go home. But no. I have to help complete the sacred jewel. But I'm not even that good at it so why even bother! Maybe after we have all of the shards I can go home. There will be no more jewel shards to detect anyway. But...I can't go..I'll miss Inuyasha and the others too much! I don't know how I'll go on without them! Ugh..what should I do?' Kagome looked up towards the sky. She was so confused and at a loss at what to do.

And then she heard something. She heard the rustles of leaves. She stood up and faced the direction that she heard the sound from. She wiped the tear marks on her face. 'I can't look weak! I have to at least act tough!' she thought. She cleared her voice. "Who's there?" she shakily asked.

Inuyasha jumped out from a tree in front of her. "Relax. It's just me,"he said.

"Oh..hi," Kagome went back to her previous position.

Inuyasha's ears dropped at the tone of her voice. She sounded really upset. 'And you caused it you dolt.' Inuyasha kneeled next to her sitting form.

"Kagome..are you ok?" he asked.

Kagome shot her head up, "I'm fine! Never been better! Don't worry about me!"

"Kagome, your such a bad liar so don't even try," Inuyasha sighed.

"I know. Why do you care. I'm worthless and you don't need me," Kagome put her head on her hands. Inuyasha moved her head so that she was looking at him.

"Kagome. I didn't mean any of that stuff. I don't even know where all of that came from! Your not worthless at all! So don't believe that shit for even one minute. You know how I am. I don't think before I speak and I'm- I'm sor-" Inuyasha tried to finish but found it hard to say.

"Your what?" Kagome had a certain glint in her eye. She rarely got an apology.

"I'm sorry okay!? I was wrong all along! I shouldn't of hurt you like that and I didn't mean it! I'm sorry!" Inuyasha spat out.

"There okay? I said it," Inuyasha added.

"Inuyasha..." Kagome whispered.

"Hm?" Inuyasha's face turned red.

"Thank you."

"For what?"

"For telling me the truth and apologizing. It means a lot ya know?" said Kagome.

Inuyasha looked away from Kagome. His face as red as his shirt. "Feh. Sure,"

Kagome leaned against the tree and looked up at the receding sun. The skies above shown the colors of red, pink, and yellow. The sun was enormous, making the view even more pleasurable.

"Don't you just love the sunset?" asked Kagome. "Yeah. I guess. Whatever," Inuyasha dully stated.

"Me and my mom would always watch the sunset when I was younger. She used to tell me that the sunset always promised that another day was on its way."Kagome smiled.

Inuyasha looked at her. The view of the sunset making her look even more angelic then she already did look. The different colors of the sky making her skin glow a golden color. 'Does she even know how beautiful she is? Wait...what did I just say? If someone heard me say that they would think that I...that I've fallen for her. B-but she's Kagome! I'm supposed to be in love with Kikyou..aren't I?'"Inuyasha?" A soft and feminine voice asked. He quickly realized that that was Kagome's voice.

"Yea?" Inuyasha asked.

"Oh nothing...you just seemed really dazed for a moment. Heh. Almost got me worried there," said Kagome.

"You? Worried about me? That's stupid!" snapped Inuyasha. Kagome looked mad for about a second but then she saw that Inuyasha started to turn more red. 'He's blushing...Inuyasha.." Kagome thought.

"We should be getting back," Inuyasha started to walk towards the site.

"Wait for me!" Kagome screamed. She took one last glance at the sunset. 'Till we meet again.' she thought. And then, she ran towards the awaiting Inuyasha.

Fact of The Chapter: An owl is one of the only animals that can see in the color blue.

Ok so there is the new version of the first chapter! I'm actually pretty happy with this improved 1st chapter. R&R and Ill give you a cookie! Maybe. R&R!