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Chapter 2: Pushed Away

It had been a week since her breakdown and everyone except Shippo continued to ignore her. It was like she had a highly contagious disease and no one wanted it. Scratch that, it was as if she was a highly contagious disease and no one wanted her.

No matter how many times she had tried to talk to InuYasha he always found an excuse to leave. She tried asking Sango to join her in the hot spring but she always said she had already went. Even Miroku the lech refused to guard her while she bathed, how odd is that?

Everything had changed…no matter what she did her friends still refused to speak to her, they wouldn't even say thank you when she cooked anymore. All of the effort she put in to gain forgiveness from her friends seemed like only a fleeting dream, or rather nightmare.

The silent treatment was getting to her to the point where she was just fed up. Today she had simply asked InuYasha what he wanted to eat for dinner but instead of a straightforward answer he excused himself saying that he was going to get more firewood. Strange thing there…they already had about two days worth of firewood, considering it didn't look as though they were leaving anytime soon especially with her, the so called "weight".

That was the last straw, as he began to leave she grabbed his shoulder and loudly asked him, "Why are you ignoring me!?"

He stayed silent and continued to leave only for her to quickly run in front of him and grab his shoulders again, though this time she made sure he was looking at her. She was angry, he knew that much. Her face was flushed and her eyes flickered her rage. She again asked him slightly more calmly, "Why do you keep ignoring me?"

He looked into her eyes as they started to not only flicker rage but hurt as well. But at the moment he wasn't exactly the happiest with her. He then did something she would never expect, something that sent a shiver down her spine…something that made the air a very crisp cold. He had pushed her. The man that had promised to protect her had just pushed her to the ground.

She pushed herself up onto her hands and knees continuing to look at the ground in shock. She felt she couldn't move, couldn't speak. The only thing she could do was stare at the ground in shock. She wanted to run, speak, cry but she felt so emotionless and betrayed. Her hands quivered as she shakily looked up to him, regaining her composure she spoke, "You can't avoid me forever. You are going to have to eventually talk to me," her voice cracked as she said this, she sounded almost as if her throat was swollen, almost as if she was doing her best to force the words out of her mouth. She picked herself up and began to walk away as her eyes filled with her soon to come weeping. She only looked back once, one single time to let out a sob as she saw him continue to walk away. Only one question rang in her head, 'Why does everyone hate me so much?'

Kagome took a shaky intake of air, wrapping her arms around herself to keep the wind from nipping at her body heat. She sighed as she looked over to the camp where everyone sat and ate, things were unusually quiet. Mind you, it probably wasn't this way when she wasn't around.

She walked back to camp and took a seat next to Shippo, holding up her hands to the fire to absorb the warmth.

"How's the food?" she asked as cheerily as she could. Everyone glanced at her but didn't respond. Maybe they hadn't heard her she thought. She repeated herself, "How's the food?" Still no response. She looked down to her lap where she had unconsciously began to twiddle her fingers. Was it really that hard to talk to her?

Shippo glanced around at the awfully quiet group and decided to answer for them, "The food is very good Kagome, thanks!" Kagome looked down at Shippo and smiled saying a short but sweet, "Thank you."

The fox kit chuckled a bit, "It's really no problem. It really IS good food," he glared at everyone who's attention he had, "Just SOME people don't know how to say thank you. Either that or they don't know talent when they taste it."

Kagome laughed at this, thank god Shippo wasn't mad at her. He was like her son and she was happy to know he wouldn't hold a grudge against her.

Shippo looked down at Kagome's knees. He opened his eyes wide, "Kagome! What happened to your knees? There's scratches on them! Did you fall?" he shouted worriedly. Kagome looked down, quickly covering her legs with her skirt. She had totally forgotten about that.

"What happened to you Kagome?" the young fox kit walked over to her beginning to sniff her. His eyes widened, he then looked over to InuYasha and back at Kagome. He asked her in a whisper, "Kagome…did InuYasha hurt you?" Kagome nodded meekly. Shippo looked up at her, "Why?" he asked almost as if he was hurt as well. She simply responded by nodding her head no. She didn't know why…all she knew is that InuYasha was acting hateful towards her.

"Kagome…" a voice she hadn't heard for awhile had said her name, but why? She looked over to the familiar voice to see it was InuYasha.

"Inu…Yasha?" Kagome asked, it was like she didn't even know who was talking to her. All she knew is that this was the first time in days and she would gladly listen.

"Go home…" he spat out bitterly, "You don't belong here," the poison seeping from his lips was unbearable. He was asking her to leave? Why? What did she do to deserve this? Did he really hate her after all? This was just all to confusing.

Dumbly she asked him, "W-what?" it was the only thing that could register out of her mouth, the only thing she could think of to say.

He said it again, this time slightly yelling at her, "Go home..! You don't belong here!" his voice made her fall back. It was as if she was being pushed by his words alone. Why did it feel as if his words alone were cutting through her heart?

"…W-why?" she questioned painfully. She didn't want to go home so why should she leave for no reason? What could she do?

Author Notes

There's chapter 2 for you I thank you for reviewing please continue! R&R!

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