Disclaimer: I *wish* I owned his ears ::mutters deeply:: damn that Kagome

Kagome: hey I heard that!

Author: DARN IT!!!

InuYasha: just get on with it already!

Miroku: InuYasha! I didn't know you like this thing! ::points at the computer screen::

InuYasha: where did you get that idea?! I just want to see whose yelling at me

Author: ::eyes fill with tears:: w-what?!

Kagome: InuYasha.....

InuYasha: ::suddenly nervous:: yea??

Kagome: SIT!

((big InuYasha crater appears in the floor))

Author: thank-you Kagome you can have his ears...but can I tweak them once in awhile???

Kagome: ::sighs with defeat:: alright

Author: YAY!!!

InuYasha: wench what did you do that for?!?!

Kagome: she writes the story and controls what happens to us and im looking for a nice ending thank-you very much oh and SIT! Im not a wench.

InuYasha: ::falls painfully back in the crater::

Author ^_^* alright lets get on with it also I regret to say -_- I wont be updating till 1/2/04 my Grandparents don't own a computer so I wont be able to write another chapter im sooooooooooooooooooooooooo sorry guys!!!!!!!!!

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"=talking

'=thinking

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Sunlight poured into the little make-shift camp and onto the sleeping forms of Kagome, Shippo, and Kirara sleeping on the ground stirring them invading there closed eyelids. InuYasha opened his eyes as the first rays of sunlight filtered through the branches of the big tree he was residing in. Kagome immediately stood up and stretched and made towards the fire ring, pulling matches out of her pocket and lighting a fire getting a pot ready for cooking everyone's favorite instant meal. InuYasha perked and stared at her form while Shippo was trying to hide beneath Kirara's tail trying to get five more minutes of sleep from the invading sun. InuYasha turned his gaze from the sleeping demons out onto the ruble which was the new residing place of Kikyo's remains. He felt his heart pang with sadness.

'It's my fault she's dead again' he thought leaning against the trunk of the old tree.

'No it isn't' a little voice awakened arguing with his first self.

'Yes it is, I should have been able to protect her'

'Stop beating yourself up and you know you wouldn't have made it if you did go after her'

'Then I should have died'

'Then what about Kagome? She could have gotten killed by some other demon'

'She can take care of herself'

'Not when she's unconscious'

'Shut up'

InuYasha heard a crunching sound of human feet on dried dead leaves, he swiveled his ears back and sniffed a couple of times and recognized Sango and Miroku's scent as they entered the clearing. Miroku had an arm around Sango who looked dead to the eyes, her eyes had none of the shimmer of happiness or life, she looked like as if someone was controlling her and Miroku had to lead her to next to the fire. Kagome handed them each a bowl of ramen since that was all she packed in her humorously large backpack.

"Thank-you Kagome-sama" Miroku said accepting the bowl and started to eat. Sango just placed her bowl on the ground and sighed sadly, Kirara came up with a shrilly mew in her little form and curled in Sango's lap receiving relaxing strokes from her owner.

Kagome sat next to her friend and gave her a sympathetic look. She looked at kagome with pit-less eyes and gave her the weakest of all smiles.

"Why don't we go to a hot spring?" kagome asked her friend as the morning sun shined on them all.

Sango gave her an unsure look and nodded her head yes, Kagome smiled and pulled two towels out of her backpack with a pair of swim trunks for Shippo, soap and shampoo for her and Sango.

"C'mon Shippo you need a bath"

Shippo ran up and jumped onto Kagome's shoulder and Sango stood up and picked up Kirara and they started to walk to the springs just about a mile away.

InuYasha watched them leave and Miroku suddenly spoke up.

"Why are you like this InuYasha?" he asked setting down his bowl of half- finished ramen and turned to the half-breed dog demon.

"You know" InuYasha muttered back.

"But it's been awhile.......can't you let her go yet" Miroku pressed on.

"You don't understand"

"I think I have a good picture" Miroku said starting to get annoyed with InuYasha's stubbornness "your just going to dwell on the past for the rest of your life and slowly kill Kagome's spirit"

InuYasha's eyes glared at Miroku "shut your fukin' mouth monk, I would never do that to Kagome"

"Well you're doing it now" Miroku said getting a little angrier by the second.

"No im not" InuYasha said fiercely.

"Yes you are, she's starting to fall into a depression and you know that you the cause of it!"

"I'm not! I would never do that!"

"WELL YOU ARE!" Miroku yelled while

"WELL SORRY BUT I OWED KIKYO AND YOU KNOW THAT!"

"YOU'RE AN IDIOT!"

"HOW?!"

"YOU LOVE HER AND YOU KNOW IT! YOU KNEW YOU WERE IN NO DEBT!!!!!"

InuYasha let his bangs fall in front of his eyes, Miroku's words pounding over and over in his head, he was right.....

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Author: so short...so dramatic.....

InuYasha: can't believe I took that

Author: hey sometimes a good yell is all ya need!

Miroku:......interesting........

Kagome: ::blink blink::

Sango: though can't believe that only one person guessed right ((Aries Greymon, have another cookie!!!))

Author: but hey everyone got the InuYasha part rite ^_^

Kagome: ::Still in shock::

Author ^_^* please remember to REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!