Author's Note: Still rolling with this storyline. I own nothing.

Emotions

Shippo stared at the well. He was pouting he knew that, but it wasn't fair he didn't understand why Kagami had left. Nearly three days had passed since the fight with the birds of paradise and Inuyasha still hadn't shown back up at the village. Kagami had gone back to his time to get proper treatment for his arm. The cuts had been rather deep. Shippo sighed and turned to Sango who was sharpening her sword. She didn't use it too often, but she liked to have everything ready, just in case.

"Hey Sango?" Sango smiled at him.

"Yes?"

"Why do you think Inuyasha left?" Sango sighed sheathing her sword and looking over at the well.

"Well, I believe we may have hurt her feelings, Kagami most of all. We shouldn't have accused her of letting Koga go because he said he was in love with her." Shippo frowned.

"Isn't that why she let him go though?" Sango shrugged at the small fox.

"That might have been part of it. Inuyasha doesn't get many compliments. I genuinely don't think she knows how to handle positive attention. But from what she said it sounded like there was more to it than that." Shippo frowned. Inuyasha had said something about making a promise before letting Koga go. Sango kept talking though. "It's likely that Inuyasha hasn't experienced attention like what Koga was giving her since Kiken, and as we both know that didn't end very well." Shippo's frown deepened.

"But Inuyasha likes Kagami! Right?" Sango smiled at him, ruffling his hair slightly.

"You're quite perceptive Shippo. I think she does like him but I don't think she's ready to like anyone yet. Remember the last time she had feelings for someone it ended with them tricked into killing one another. That's not something easily forgotten and then we all basically accused her of betraying any feelings she does have for Kagami in favor of Koga. It was a bit harsh of us." Shippo nodded looking contemplative as they slipped back into an easy silence.

Kagami was confused and a little upset. He should have been happy he was back in his own time at least for a while. His injury was healing well he should be able to draw a bow without pulling the few stitches he'd needed in a few days. But he couldn't stop thinking about the look on Inuyasha's face before she had run from them.

"Earth to Kagami!" He blinked and looked around at his friends who were all staring at him looking worried. He frowned as Yuski spoke up.

"I bet he's having girl troubles again!" Kagami rolled his eyes but… maybe they would have some advice for what to do. He sighed.

"Sort of…" The boys all grinned at him.

"Come on spill, you haven't even told us much about this girl except that she's a bit on the wild side!" Eri grinned wiggling his eyebrows. Kagami sighed and took a bite of his burger, chewing and swallowing before he spoke.

"Ok so… she recently met another guy." Yuski gasped.

"She broke up with you?" Kagami shook his head.

"Yuski we aren't even dating!" Eri raised an eyebrow.

"But you want to date her." Kagami sighed.

"I don't think she's in a good place for a relationship. She's still getting over her ex who seriously betrayed her." Eri frowned.

"He cheated on her?" Kagami avoided their eyes.

"Yeah something like that. But like I was saying she recently met this other boy and he's a real kind of rough guy but he proclaimed his love for her in front of a crowd and called her Princess and all these other sweet things and she didn't exactly shoot him down entirely." Ayari frowned.

"Uh Kagami have you ever said anything like that to her. I mean I get that she might not be ready for a full on relationship yet but have you ever called her pretty or anything like that?" Kagami stared down at his tray as he tried to think of a time he'd said out loud that he thought Inuyasha was pretty. Oh he'd said she was a good fighter quite a bit and that she had a good heart but he genuinely couldn't think of a time when he'd actually complimented her for more than that. He blinked as he realized that no he hadn't ever called her anything like that. He'd thought it, but never said it aloud. Yuski laughed at the look on his face.

"I'll take that as a no."

Inuyasha was being the slightest bit petty, she would never say it out loud but she knew it was the truth. She was hiding out in the forest around Kaede's village. No one knew she was there and for the moment she wanted it that way. She couldn't believe that the others thought she would betray them for someone she just met just because of a few pretty words on his part. She grumbled as she hunched in the tree trying to keep the rain out of her ears. Kagami had taken her advice and had gone home to rest his injured arm. They hadn't even entertained that she maybe had a different reason for doing what she did or even asked what the promise she'd mentioned had been about. She really hoped that she'd managed to save Hatsu's father. She frowned, when she was his age she had been on the run from pretty much everything. Alone in the world save for a flea who skipped out on her whenever things got too dangerous. If she could help another half demon avoid that fate she would. It seemed that under Koga's rule the wolf demons wouldn't harm any half demons among them. She couldn't be sure whoever would be chief after him would do the same. That was why she'd let him go. No it didn't hurt that he was the first demon to be kind to her like that, to show that she was something more than dirt to be walked over but she felt nothing for him, not really. She growled to herself as rain dripped into her hair and onto her face. Why did emotions have to be so complicated?