Previously, Kagome went out into the forest looking for Inuyasha. During her search for her dogeared companion, she spotted something that perplexed her, one of Kikyo's soul collectors.
It took a moment for Kagome's eyes to focus on the glowing creature, flying a short distance away from her.
It really is one of Kikyo's soul collectors... that means Kikyo is nearby and that means Inuyasha is most likely... with her.
Because of the thought that Inuyasha might be off somewhere, having an intimate moment with Kikyo, a storm of emotions started to stir within Kagome's heart.
See Kagome he doesn't love you, he only sees you as his jewel shard detector. And even if he does, he loves his precious Kikyo more... No. No, Inuyasha does love me. He loves me just as much as he loves Kikyo... Kagome, stop lying to yourself you know he'd rather have Kikyo rather than you.
Kagome right now is really debating if she has gone crazy or something, "Mama is right. Love can cause people to be crazy... delusional sometimes... But I know Inuyasha does love me as just as much as he loves Kikyo. And I know that even if Inuyasha might be rude and selfish sometimes, he does at the very least care about me just as much as Kikyo."
With her mind made up, Kagome started trailing Kikyo's soul collector. However, unknowingly to her there was someone following her as she follows Kikyo's soul collector. From the shadows of the forest the man following Kagome is proving to have an odd character because as he watched our beloved priestess having an emotional crisis, he had an apparent gleam of anticipation and amusement in his ruby eyes.
As he saw Kagome following the soul collector. "Inuyasha, you truly are a fool. If you keep playing around with your food, then someone else will come along and... eat it for you," he said.
