Part 2

Back in Toyashi village, the group waited patiently for InuYasha's return from wherever he went, getting acquainted with the town and its inhabitants in the meantime. Sometime before dusk, InuYasha returns to the inn room that the group had gotten earlier. Sango, Miroku and Shippo said nothing to him, letting him just walk into the room and sit down. InuYasha looked around seeming puzzled and finally broke the silence.

"Where is Kagome? Did something happen?"

InuYasha looked at everyone and it was Sango who decided to answer first.

"She went home after you went looking for Kikyo. She said she will be back in a few days."

Sango spoke as normal as she could, attempting and failing to show signs of a bad mood. InuYasha seemed bewildered.

"A few days? What the hell for? Damn that Kagome."

InuYasha jumped up from where he sat down and started for the doorway. Miroku was the one who stood up in his way and spoke this time.

"I think you need to just give her some space InuYasha. You don't seem to realize what effect that your actions have on her."

InuYasha started getting angry and huffed, pushing past Miroku and leaving the inn. Miroku looks at Sango and Shippo, who both seemed to have the same idea. They were tempted to follow, but knew that they couldn't stop InuYasha from trying to leave. Miroku sat down beside Sango and they all just sat wondering what to do next.

InuYasha began running and sniffing as soon as he got out of the inn. He could still pick up Kagome's scent and was having an internal turmoil of his own.

"Damn that Kagome. Why couldn't she just wait for me? And what the hell was Miroku talking about with her feelings? I don't see why she has to get so upset over nothing."

InuYasha continued to run and jump, until he stopped when he realized that Kagome's scent vanished from the trail. He stood still sniffing the air and his heart jumped a little when he recognized what smelled like a demon. He smelled the nearby bushes and across the road, picking back up on Kagome's scent. What he found this time however, wasn't just her smell. InuYasha reached into some taller grass and pulled out something that almost made his heart stop. It was one of Kagome's shoes. With panic setting in, he started down the hillside where he could still pick up her scent, but also something else. Her blood. He could smell her blood, which made him worry more.

InuYasha stopped at the bottom of the embankment, picking up the scent of the same demon and Kagome's blood. To his horror, he found Kagome's mangled backpack, bow and arrows strewn about, along with traces of her blood on the bag and ground. His breath quickened, wondering what happened to her.

"Dammit!"

InuYasha immediately began running back to town, to tell the others what he found, Kagome's leftover belongings in his hands.