Kensei opened his eyes and saw that the girl had fallen to sleep beside him.

There was something odd about her, not that she was unpleasant or anything but he got the feeling that something wasn't quite right with her.

"Kensei! Ken-seiiiiiiii!" a girl cried eagerly.

Should I leave her here? He thought, his eyes glancing over her sleeping form. He chuckled, you're an idiot Kensei, to leave a beautiful girl like that alone in such a vulnerable state and she'll be in trouble in no time.

Shaking his head at his foolishness he bent down to gently wake the sleeping girl, he'd carried her once before today and he didn't particularly like the thought of her waking in his arms just in case she thought he was a pervert.

"Hey…Kagome…"he said shaking her shoulder gently.

"Wha..? Inuyasha?" Kagome whispered, blinking sleepily.

Well at least he knew something about her now. This Inuyasha must be part of the 'long' story that she wasn't ready to tell him.

"Kagome its Kensei."

At that she shoot up, a deep red blush creeping up over her cheeks, "Oh I'm sorry I thought you were…"

"Kenseiiiiiiiiiii!" the woman cried again, this time twice as loud.

He flashed her a grin "Don't worry about it. I gotta go and I thought you'd rather be woken up than left out here alone."

"Thanks. You go on ahead!" she smiled, getting to her feet.

"I'll see you at the house," he called back as he ran in the direction of the girls voice.

Obviously she was expected to be their guest, and she was happy that someone seemed to care about her.

As she watched the drop-dead-gorgeous boy run away from her, she couldn't help but wonder whether it was his girlfriend he was running towards. Whoever she was, she was lucky to have a guy like him ready to drop what he was doing and meet her.

She sighed and plopped back onto her butt. She thought she'd had someone like that.

Just the thought of Inuyasha made her want to cry, made her heart ache. She had thought that that would have disappeared, left with her soul but she was mistaken. It was worse than ever now.

Kagome knelt her head to cry, the only way she could let out her anger and sadness, only to find that she couldn't. She couldn't cry. She didn't even have the luxury of sobbing.

Kagome now knew why having your soul sucked was worse than death. All these things, all these emotions she had bubbling inside her weren't able to be expressed. Instead they were to slowly eat her up from her insides, out.

Oh Inuyasha she wailed in her head how could you do this to me?

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Somewhere, a couple of hundred miles away, was the gang that Kagome had been forced to leave.

"Where is she? Where is Kagome you ARROGANT, SELFISH..." Sango screamed at the hanyou that had appeared with Kikyo by his side.

Inuyasha refused to meet her eyes, "I…I don't know…"

Miroku surprised everyone by grabbing Inuyasha by the neck of his shirt, "Did you hurt her? Just to get your…your slut back?"

Even Sango was shocked into silence at the anger radiating off the monk.

Inuyasha didn't even pull away "Kikyo is not a slut, and I would never hurt Kagome."

Not intentionally he thought sadly.

But the little voice inside him said differently.

You and I both knew that something bad was bound to happen to Kagome in order for Kikyo to get her life back. In short, you just hurt the only woman that ever loved you for you, but at least you finally made a decision.

Kikyo spoke up "I did."

Sango and Miroku both turned to her.

"Ah yes…I was getting to you…" Sango growled through gritted teeth "Now you will tell me what happened to my best friend."

The words 'or else' hung in the air.

Inuyasha didn't look at his friends or Kikyo. He didn't know what had happened but he did know that Kikyo had kept something from him, something that involved Kagome. The again maybe he just didn't ask because he didn't want to know.

"The only way for me to get my life back was to get the rest of my soul from Kagome. I could only do that by…a ceremony with the man we both had feelings for. It would only work if he had truly chosen me over her," Kikyo said quietly.

Inuyasha closed his eyes at the words and a tear slid down his cheek. He hadn't realized that he had chosen Kikyo over Kagome, he had just wanted to make her live again.

Sango's anger lost all its steam to hear her say it so simply. Tears ran down her face and she turned to Inuyasha "You…you let her do this to…to our Kagome?"

Miroku just stared at the hanyou. He couldn't believe that Inuyasha was capable of such a deed.

He knew…they all knew that having your soul sucked can mean terrible things. Though no-one knew exactly what, Inuyasha still knew there was a dreadful consequence.

He winced when he remembered the scream he had heard coming from her, the last time he had seen her. Deep down he knew that Kikyo must have put a spell on Kagome before he'd even got there so he couldn't see her, but he didn't want to think about that. All he wanted was his Kagome to smile at him again, tell him to 'sit', laugh at him…anything.

"Answer me you BLOODY COWARD!" Sango screamed, her anger returning.

Miroku stepped in this time "Sango my dear, calm down," and he grabbed her around the waist and pulled her along with him towards their hut.

"DON'T TELL ME TO CALM DOWN! LET ME GO! INUYASHA YOU FING BASTARD! YOU…YOU…" Sango collapsed in tears and let Miroku lead her away.

"Where are you going?" Inuyasha asked, his voice failing to hide his desperation.

Miroku turned around and Inuyasha had never seen the monks' eyes so cold "You have Kikyo. You will be getting no more help from us. We can do what we need to do without you and we are going to find a way to get Kagome back…whatever it takes," he said glancing meaningfully at Kikyo.

All the hanyou could do was watch as they, his only friends, left him.

Kikyo stood beside him, silent. The feeling that they both regretted what had happened hung heavily in the air.

A/N- Am I the only one who is starting to feel sorry for Inuyasha?! I didn't expect to but the story is starting to change in my head now…REVIEW and tell me how you think this should play out!

OoOoOoOoO and could you tell me what you think of Kensei? I LOVE HIM PERSONALLY!

GO KENSEI! Haha I think Kagome needs to have a happy guy in her life for once…but I'm thinking that he may have a darker side…hmmm I still can't decide…

And also, before everybody starts slamming me for being mean to Inuyasha and even to Kagome, IT'S A STORY! Its not even the real story so get over it! There I said it.