Chapter 11
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Out of breath and sweaty, Kagome watched the light in the forest glow. It had been hours now and she hadn't found her way back to camp. She knew that Inuyasha must think that she had somehow died and the lecture she would receive upon returning home made her stomach churn uncomfortably. Her knees were bloody and the palms of her hands stung from rinsing them in the small trickle of a stream she had found earlier. Her hair was a mess and she knew she looked like she had been through hell.
Kagome sat at the base of a tree and waited, knowing full well that continuing to meander would simply spread her scent and Inuyasha would have a more difficult time finding her. In the bird-chirping silence of the morning, Kagome reflected upon what she had seen last night. That glowing figure clad in white, long moonlight hair blowing in the breeze….what was he doing there? Kagome turned red when she remembered what the scent made her think about the man in the clearing. Sesshomaru was DEFINITELY not the man haunting her dreams. There was no way.
Kagome heard a rustling in the trees around her and looked around. 'Inuyasha? Is that you?' she called timidly. She was either tipping off an enemy to her specific location, or she was letting Inuyasha know where she was. She closed her eyes and hoped that it was the latter. The rustling grew louder and she heard a footstep in front of her. Opening her eyes, Kagome gasped.