"Kagome! Why are you crying?" Her mother exclaimed when she seen her oldest child running to her.

"I've done something awful!" She sobbed as she held on to her tight. "I've made Inuyasha afraid of me, he won't look at me. He hates me!"

"Shh, don't cry. What happened between you two?" She asked mildly but hid her bitterness well. Inuyasha had made Kagome cry too many times, and put her life in endless danger. She felt a certain amount of pity for the hanyou, but her instinct was to protect her family, and the way things were going the best way to protect them was to get them away from Inuyasha and that demon world of his. She listened as Kagome spilt her heart, not only about the incident recently past, but about everything that had happened in the past couple of months. She nodded in sympathy, wiped her tears and spoke kind and gentle words of comfort.

"Now go her changed and help your brother make lunch, he's making a salad." She finally said about half an hour later. Kagome had calmed down and was just sitting there contemplating.

"But mum, I have to apologise to Inuyasha!" She protested loudly.

"No you don't. You've done nothing wrong." She then sighed after looking at her daughter's sad face. "I'll go speak with him first. You calm down a little more by helping in the kitchen. Perhaps you could make lunch for Inuyasha also?" She smiled, and spoke kindly and Kagome nodded and oblige.

After Kagome had left she stood up and went looking for Inuyasha. She hoped he hadn't left before she could talk to him, she needed to get this sorted out.

Inuyasha sat on the roof of the house, and had heard all of Kagome's tears, he had only heard her mother's declaration. When he heard her leaving the house in search for him he jumped down. The reason he had picked the roof of the house to sit on was because no one would spot him there, but he would be able to keep an eye on everyone else, it suited that purpose well but when he also wanted to speak with someone it was a hindrance. Kagome's mother jumped as Inuyasha appeared just behind her.

"Sorry, didn't mean to scare you." He said quietly. He was normally a rude creature, but when it came to Kagome's mother he wanted to show her nothing but politeness and respect. After all it was what his mother deserved, and she would be happy to know that Inuyasha treated other mothers as such.

"Oh! It's you Inuyasha, it's ok. I wasn't too frightened." She smiled. "Can we speak? Somewhere in private?" She asked after straightening herself else and Inuyasha nodded a little awkwardly.

"Sure, what about over by the pond?" She nodded in agreement and they both walked together in uncomfortable silence. Once they reached the pond Kagome's mother looked over her shoulder to make sure neither Kagome or Souta was there to hear.

"I think you know why I'm wanting to speak with you." She looked at him now, her eyes hardened. Inuyasha was only slightly relieved when he seen no pity in her brown orbs, but was concerned to see the hostility.

"Because I upset Kagome." He looked at the pond. "And because I pushed her into the pond…"

"You could had hurt her Inuyasha, she's not a… hanyou like you are. And she's a delicate girl, she was raised in this world, despite the fact she's spent the best part of two years in your world. Before you came we never had any trouble with demons, or people trying to kill us. All that Kagome had to worry about was the stress of her studies, not life and death struggles."

"You think her being with me is going to get her killed…" It wasn't a question, it was a statement. "You want me to never come back for her…"

"Can you blame me Inuyasha? Now don't get me wrong, I care for you a lot and I would never want you to get hurt, but Kagome is my daughter and hers and her brother's safety comes first to me. She told me you need her because she can see this glass ball or whatever it was, but surly you can do it without her?"

"I don't deny that she is important to me…" He said quietly. "Perhaps Kikyou…." He mused aloud.

"Inuyasha?"

"I'm sorry. I was thinking out loud, Kagome is very important in our search, but if her mother doesn't want her with me, who am I to say no? You must love your daughter very much…"

"And my son. Since their father left us, my children are my life. I don't expect you to understand that since you're too young to have children of your own.."

"No I do understand, my mother was very much like you. While she was alive, she kept me from danger." He smiled, a look of sympathy on his face. "You are doing a good job. Tell Kagome I'm sorry… and please could you ask Narou to meet me by the well tomorrow morning?" He didn't wait for an answer, he just walked away. Walked away from Kagome and her mother, for what he had decided would be forever.

Kagome's mother had told Narou of what Inuyasha had asked but left the details of the conversation to herself. He was a little confused but decided to trust Inuyasha, and smiled and thanked her for passing on the message. Now Kagome had finished helping with the salad, and Narou's wife had taken over serving it up and preparing the final details, the young school girl left the kitchen in search for Inuyasha before her mother could find her.

Kagome grew worried as she looked round the entire estate and found no sign of him. Had she upset him enough to make him wonder off on his own? She called out his name, alerting her mum to her whereabouts.

"Kagome…" She smiled sadly, this was going to be tough but she'll benefit from it in the end.

"Mum! I can't find him, what if he's ran off on his own?" She looked around frantically. "Help me look for him?"

"Kagome… I spoke to Inuyasha. He told me to tell you goodbye." There. She said it. She took a step forward towards her daughter, her arms open ready to embrace and comfort.

"What?" She stuttered. "He's left?"

"Kagome, I'm sorry… but he finally realised how much danger he was putting you in. He left to protect you."

"You mean… you told him he was putting me in danger?" Her eyes were cold, her voice angry. "How could you!" She demanded.

"Kagome, I only told him the truth, I-"

"Inuyasha has saved my life so many times! And he didn't drag me into their world, I was grabbed by another demon, a demon which he killed for me! It was my fault the jewel was shattered, not his! I can't let him search for it himself, especially when I'm to blame. You should be thanking him mum! Without him I would be dead by now, and perhaps the demons would had broken through the well and killed you and Souta too!" She cried out angrily and ran away before her mother could say another word. It was getting close to evening, and tonight was the night of the new moon, they had to find Inuyasha quick, and she was sure Narou would help her.

Kagome was right, Narou would help her. "Your mother told me he asked her to tell me o meet him by the well in the morning. He must had known tonight was New Moon, and is probably finding a safe place to rest the night before going back there." He calmly calculated.

"But Inuyasha is still new to this world, he can get hurt if he doesn't know what he's doing." Kagome whined.

"I know, but I'm sure he'll be fine. We can drive back to your shrine and check there first if you want? He's probably already there." He smiled and grabbed his car keys. "We'll get this misunderstanding sorted out in no time."

They drove to the shrine in silence, both equally worried about Inuyasha, although Kagome was the only one who outwardly showed it. She wringed her hands together and kept starring out the window while biting her lip. Finally they reached the shrine, and the car had barely stopped before Kagome jumped out and ran up the stairs, calling Inuyasha. It was dusk now, he would be transforming into his human state now.

In didn't take Narou long with his hanyou senses to realise that Inuyasha was not there. He could smell his scent very faintly, but it was only what was left over from this morning. "Kagome… he's not here." He called over to her.

"Perhaps he's gone home?"

"No, he hasn't been in this area since this morning. We should head back." He started to walk to the car.

"I'll wait here… In case he comes back later." Kagome declared.

"Your mother would kill me, not to mention Inuyasha when they found out I left you alone in this dangerous place. If you want I'll stay here and wait for him, but let's get you back to my house… I'm sure you and your mother have words to discuss."

"I don't want to talk to her…" She spoke coldly and turned away stubbornly.

"She didn't realise what she was doing, your mother does quite understand what's happening here and I cant say I blame her. Right now I don't even know what is happening. She's just concerned for you, and I know you're going to assist Inuyasha no matter what, but the least you can do is put your poor mother's mind to rest. By the sounds of it, even Inuyasha took the time to speak with her and listen to her feelings. I think you should do the same, and let her hear how you feel without shouting at her." Narou spoke sternly. He had no children of his own, but he had always known if he ever did he would want them to respect their mother above all else. He didn't want Kagome hating her mother, not when there was already so much hate at this time.

"I suppose you're right…" She resigned, and retreated back to car. "When you see Inuyasha tell him that I… I miss him, and I don't want him to ever leave me."

"I will… come now, let's go back." He turned on the engine and started to drive.

Inuyasha didn't make it far from Narou's house before the change, in fact he was quite lost up until that very moment without his inhuman senses to guide him. "I suppose I'll have to find my way there from memory…" He sighed once the transformation was complete. He had watched the road on which the car-creature had driven upon, if he could just follow that road he'll be able to find his way back the shrine. A few of the creatures barked loudly at him and angrily approached him, for what could had only had been an attack. Inuyasha narrowly avoided these attacks by jumping out the way. They must had been afraid because they carried on retreating once past him. No wonder humans possess these creatures for their own will, they were dangerous but powerful. He idly wondered how one would possess one of these, and if he could do it but was quickly snapped out of his thoughts. The road at been clear up until a few moments ago, but now one headed straight at him, and his stupid damned human self was too busy thinking to sense it until it was almost too late. Inuyasha attempted to jump out the way, but it's eyes shone bright light that blinded him…

Narou had been talking with Kagome about what would be the best thing to do once they found Inuyasha, and how he would try and rally other hanyous and demons in this world to help their cause. "Of course it's going to be dangerous, but I'm sure with Inuyasha's help-" He turned to give her a brief, reassuring smile.

"Watch out!" Kagome screamed, only just spotting the person in the road. Narou quickly snapped his eyes back to the road and tried to swivel the car away from contact but it was too late. The car spun, the bonet swinging into the person, sending him flying across the road where he hit the cold hard gravel and rolled before remaining there motionless.

Narou was frozen in shock, he had never hit anything with his car before, let alone a person. The car lights illuminated the road, but the figure was just out of the light's reach, revealing only a dull silhouette. Kagome shook him, equally shocked. "W-what… H-how did I not notice him…" He stuttered.

"I don't know! But we need to see if he's ok, I'll call an ambulance…" She grabbed her cellar phone as she got out the car and walked to the figure, Narou closely behind her. She never had the chance to call on her phone. Kagome screamed.

Another chapter! ; bet you can't guess who they hit! Haha, blatantly obvious. expect another chapter soon