Anger and Love

By the time that everyone stopped to make camp for the night, Kagome was filled with anger. Ever since Shikara had joined their group, Inu- Yasha, Miroku, and Shippo directed all their attention towards Shikara. They seemed overly interested in her, and in the few hours since they had met, Miroku had already asked her to bear his child. Kagome had been shocked when Shikara casually replied, "I'll consider it. Ask me later."

As soon as Kagome got a chance, she hurried to a nearby pond, took off her clothes, and swam into the water. She was just beginning to relax when she saw Shikara sitting in a tree above her.

"You love him, don't you." It was a statement, not a question. Kagome couldn't find a response. She just looked up at Shikara with bewilderment.

"You love Inu-Yasha. And I'm here to show you that he won't be yours. You're angry right now. You hate me." Shikara smirked. "And I hate you."

Kagome gave a sound of disgust. "So that's why you're helping us! Just to follow Inu-Yasha, help yourself, and distract us from our search of the Shikon shards!" Kagome gathered her courage and shouted, "Well, I won't let you do that! In fact, I'm going to Inu-Yasha right now and telling him what your motives really are!"

"NO!" In the blink of an eye, Shikara once again was holding her bow with a black arrow and was aiming it at Kagome. "You're not going to do anything! You can't stop me."

With that, Shikara shot an arrow at Kagome's heart and disappeared among the branches.