[A/U: ok people here it is, please be gentle b-cause this is my first fic!!But also be brutally honest if I made a mistake somewhere!!^_^ thankies!]

Disclaimer: Sadly, even though I really really like Inuyasha, I don't own him.... but I can dream can't I?

A Single Red Rose

As she walked through the forest, tear's carving rivers down her porcelin skin as she lightly padded by the goshimboku tree, her thought's were plagued by Inuyasha.

They had, yet again, another fight.This one ended differently than the other's though. Instead of her yelling 'sit', he lost his temper and slapped her.

It surprised everyone. Kogome, Sango, Miroku, Shippou, Kaeda, Kirara and most of all, Inuyasha...

As she thought about the events of the day she gingerly touched the purple bruise on her cheek.

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The sun was tinting the horizon orange, pink and light blue as she woke to the rays of the dawn. She rubbed her sleep filled eye's and strechted her muscles as she saw the first blazing arms of the yellow orb rise into the sky.

She watched for a moment captivated by the beauty of the light.

As her miko senses became more aware of her surroundings she noticed that the presence of one of her traveling companions was not as near as it should be. Slowly she checked the positions of her friends.

Shippou was laying on the sleeping bag beside her, deep in the land of dreams. Miroku not too far away, but far enough to where he could'nt 'cop a feel' while she was sleeping. Sango a good distance away from Miroku, but close to Kirara. Kaeda was also sleeping. That left one person....

'Inuyasha....I wonder where he could be?' she mentaly questioned.

Her mind played a game of tug-of-war for a few moments as she decided if she should find him. Her head was drown in the con's and pro's of the situation, but the con's were winning.

She decided not to wake the others and just go find him.

She thought 'what could go wrong?' She re-thought that and decided to take her bow and arrows just in case she ran into anything with hair and teeth.

She quietly, and carfully, stepped over the sleeping forms on the floor and tip-toed to the door. She looked back to see if she had roused anyone from slumber and exhaled a pint up breath when she saw everyone was still deeply sleeping.

Quietly, Kogome pushed the door aside and decided on a direction to walk. It was logical that she check the Goshimboku tree first. It was where he spent most of his time.

As she caught sight of the Goshimboku she noticed that a certain dog demon was not resting on it's branches. She neared the base of it's trunk and studied more intensely. No Inuyasha.

"Where could he be?" she sighed.

Standing there for a moment pondering where he could be. She sat down on one of the old tree's knarled roots and thought.

she was yanked from her day dreaming when she heard a muffled giggle come from within the forest. Curiosity overcame Kogome as she turned and walked in the general direction of the sound.

She walked through the cover of trees. The sun now fully above the horizon in all it's glory peeking around tree trunks, gently grazing it's light on Kogome's bare legs.

She stopped dead in her tracks when she caught sight of Inuyasha in a clearing... embracing kikyou. She ducked behind the cover of bushes when they started to talk.

"Will you come back again tomorrow night?" Kikyou said raising her brown eye's to his gold ones, smiling a fake smile. Inuyasha didn't seem to notice the evil glint in her eye's, that or he didn't care.

"Only if you'll be here." He said as thier lip's met.

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Another tear spilled over the barrier of Kogome's eye lashes and made it's way down the dried salty paths on her cheek and across her lips as she continued walking.

"Why....?" she softly whimpered to herself as sank deeply into her thoughts.