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He stood there with an unreadable look on his face, his eyes bulged and he felt like his heart came to a stop.

He sighed to himself. 'I made her cry. Again.' He thought in anguish.

"I-Inuyasha?" Kagome stuttered turning around to look at the bewildered half-demon. Inuyasha moved back.

"K-Kagome..y-your crying.." He said sitting down next to her. "W-Was it me?"

He sighed to himself. 'I hate it when Kagome cries. But then again, it's always me that makes her cry; whether I was being mean to her, or because of Kikyo. It's not like I like making her cry by saying all those things to her; I just can't help myself...'

'Go away.' Kagome thought inwardly, 'If you stay you'll just hurt me more..You're just here to show what I will never have in my life. What Kikyo will always have..Your heart.' She thought said as tears rolled down her eyes.

"Kagome? Don't cry." Inuyasha said guiltily looking at the girl. Kagome sighed and didn't say a word. "Kagome please stop crying..." He begged knowing he couldn't take much more of this.

"I don't need you here." She whispered. "I don't want you here. You can leave if you want."

Outwardly, it seemed as if Inuyasha was unaffected by her words, but inside, he was his heart was shattered. 'I don't need you here.' He repeated in thought. 'I don't want you here. You can leave if you want. She...she doesn't want me here? But..'

"Kagome, I'm staying." He said sternly looking at her. She was much paler than usual, her eyes were droopy from exhaustion and her lips were faded. It seemed everything about her changed, except her scent. It was still beautiful like he always knew it was; only this time, he smelt blood along with it.

Kagome, of course, wasn't listening, she just held on to her arrows as tight as she could, her arm shivering as if she was scared of something happening to her.

"Kagome, did you have your wounds bandaged?" He asked thinking about the blood he smelt. It was fresh, so he thought she might still be bleeding.

"......"

Inuyasha sighed. 'I swear if I ever find that demon that tried to hurt you..I'll kill him..Alright, if that's the way you want to play it,' he thought, grabbing her arm.

"OW!"

Inuyasha ignored her and pulled up her sleeve and saw deep gashes and cuts. As he thought earlier, they were still bleeding.

"Kagome.."

"Let go of me!" She yelled angrily, pulling her arm out of his grasp. "I can take care of myself, thank you!"

"You need to get those bandaged and you need to put some medicine on them, and I don't care what you say about being able to take care of yourself. If you were, this obviously wouldn't have happened." He blurted.

It was now quiet and Inuyasha just realized exactly what he had said and he knew how much it would hurt her.

"Kagome...."

"Leave me alone! I do what I want to do. I know maybe I'm not as strong as KIKYO and I always need protecting, but I don't need it, especially not from you! Okay?!" She snapped.

"Kagome," he said sadly, "I didn't say anything about Kikyo. I was just saying---"

"NO! I TOLD YOU TO LEAVE!"

"AND I'M NOT GOING TO LEAVE!" He yelled back at her.

She glared at him and got up to walk away.

"Kagome, where the heck do you think you're going?!"

"I told you, I make my own decisions."

"You know what, if you're going to be this stubborn I'll just carry you back kicking and screaming and bandage you myself, is that what you want?!"

'No, I want you to understand me for once.' Kagome thought looking at him sadly.

"I'm going to go."

"NO YOU'RE NOT." He said getting up to follow her.

"SIT!"

With that, he fell face-first into the ground.

"That's not going to stop me." He mumbled.

"SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT!!!!!!" She screamed running from the area.

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"It's quiet......" Sango muttered to herself in the hut.

"You think Kagome and Inuyasha made up?" Shippo asked, pouting to himself.

"I doubt it." Miroku sighed.

"Why?"

"I've got a bad feeling...."

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"I'll just head over to the well if that's the way he's gonna be." She whispered to herself, wincing at the pain her wounds were inflicting.

'Oh well, if I die, its not really gonna matter...No one will care.' She thought heading into the forest holding her arrows.

"Hello, little girl."

Kagome's eyes widened. 'The..demon. It's..back.' She thought taking her arrows, getting ready to kill it.

The demon smirked. "I'm here to finish you off."

It approached Kagome pushing her down into the ground ready to strike in one foul sweep. It smirked using one hand to choke her and preparing the other to wound her with its claws. "Now...Die."

Kagome struggled in its grasp and tried to escape.

"GET OFF OF ME!!" She screamed. 'This is really it...I'm really going to die...' She thought devastated.

"KAGOME!!!!!"

The demon looked up at the person who called her name. 'Another demon,' It thought, 'probably that Inuyasha person Kikyo was talking about.'

"You're too late." The demon sneered.

"No!!!" Inuyasha sped towards the demon and pulled it away from Kagome and sent it flying back in an amazing speed.

The demon looked at Inuyasha surprisingly. 'Such speed. And for what? This human girl.'

"YOU..." Inuyasha growled. "YOU WERE THE ONE WHO TRIED TO KILL KAGOME BEFORE WEREN'T YOU?!"

Inuyasha was fuming. "ANSWER ME!"

'Why is he so angry?' Kagome thought. 'Maybe because he thinks he'll lose his shard detector.'

"Yes." He answered smugly. "What do you plan to do about it? The damn wench deserves to die anyway."

"How dare you..." Inuyasha growled. "HOW DARE YOU?!" He yelled, fires burning in his eyes making the demon take a step back.

'A wench....Damn this demon. How DARE he call Kagome a wench..HOW DARE HE TRY TO KILL HER?!' He thought violently.

"Wh-What are you looking at?!" The demon yelled fearing for its life.

Inuyasha just smirked and pulled up his sword.

"By the time I'm through with you, you're gonna wish you NEVER met me..or ever hut Kagome.." He sneered. "KAZE NO KIZU!!!"

Kagome stepped back and covered her eyes when the blinding yellow light raced towards the demon shaking the area she was standing in. She looked over to where the demon was standing after the outburst. There was nothing there.

'Is it dead? Did it escape?' She thought as Inuyasha approached her.

"Kagome, are you alright? Did..Did it hurt you?" He asked looking at her worriedly.

"Kagome rubbed her neck and nodded. "Th-Thank you." She stuttered. Inuyasha smiled.

"No problem." He said then frowning, "You're hurt. We should head back to Kaede's hut. I'm so sorry I didn't get here sooner."

"No, its okay.. I'm fine." She said trying to smile.

"Kagome, I smell your blood. I..I think he may have reopened your wounds. Please."

Kagome winced and shook her head. "I'm fine."

Inuyasha sighed. "You're too stubborn."

"Am not!" She countered playfully.

"Are too!"

"Am not!"

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"He...He almost killed me!! That wretched dog..." The demon said hiding behind a bush. "I'm lucky I dodged it..." He thought.

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Inuyasha looked up. 'That scent...the demon didn't die?' He picked up his sword.

"Kagome, go to Kaede's and wait for me."

"What, why?"

"Just do it."

"I'm not doing anything until you explain what's going on...." She said abruptly crossing her arms across her chest.

Inuyasha smirked. "Come on, you don't think anything could defeat me. Unlike you, I can actually take care of myself!" He said, pride full in his voice.

'That should get her too leave..' He thought to himself, knowing that if Kagome was angry she would leave. He was right. Kagome stood, her eyes flaming at him.

"WHY YOU---"

"FEH! Just go already, stupid girl!"

"FINE!!! GOSH!!! I WAS TRYING TO HELP!! BE THAT WAY!!" She yelled running back towards Kaede's huts.

Inuyasha watched her leave and chuckled to himself. He then put on a serious a serious face and turned to a bush.

"COME OUT. I KNOW YOU'RE THERE!" He yelled angrily.

'He knows I'm here.' The demon thought trying to escape.

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Kagome stormed back over to the hut muttering to herself. 'Fine...if that's the way he wants to be..' She fumed stepping into the hut with an angry face.

"Kagome...?" Miroku asked looking at her oddly.

Kagome glared at him and sat in a corner of the hut muttering some things that sounded like 'I hate it when he does that, He's such a jerk'.

"Think..they made up?" Sango whispered.

Shippo shrugged. "Maybe another argument..." He mumbled.

They all looked at Kagome as she sat and mumbled to herself glaring at the wall.

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Inuyasha moved towards the bush and growled. "Come out!"

The demon growled and ran off with an incredible speed.

Inuyasha looked forward angrily. 'It escaped.'

He turned to walk away when he spotted Kikyo in front of him. "Ki...Kikyo?" He stuttered.

"Hello again."

Inuyasha glared at her. "Did you have anything to do with this?!"

"Do with what?" She asked innocently.

Inuyasha looked into her eyes. He couldn't tell what she was thinking. 'She..She probably had nothing to do with this..'

"Inuyasha?"

"Feh. What do you want?" He asked softly taking in her scent forgetting everything around him. (A/N Kag/Inu 4eva! :D)

Kikyo looked over and smirked.

"You don't seem too happy to see me."

"Heh, Kagome was attacked by some lowlife demon."

Kikyo pretended to frown and sighed. "I hate to say it Inuyasha but that girl will never be able to take care of herself."

Inuyasha went silent. "That may be true. But that doesn't change what I see in her."

Kikyo glared at him, jealousy filling her heart, but she quickly covered it up with a smile.

"I see. I need to go. Until next time Inuyasha." She said giving him a kiss on the cheek.

Inuyasha didn't respond he just stood there as if nothing happened; starting some angry flames in Kikyo's eyes.

"Goodbye Kikyo." He said walking off to the direction of Kaede's hut.

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Inuyasha slowly walked through the forest thinking about Kikyo. 'Could Kikyo have done that?' He thought to himself. 'Couldn't have..That demon went out for itself..'

He kept arguing with himself and he didn't notice anything around him since he was in such deep thought, neither did he know that the demon he attacked earlier was watching him.

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'Damn that half-breed. I'll kill him too...Even though Kikyo only said to kill the girl.' He thought watching Inuyasha walk through the forest getting ready to attack him.

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"I'm gonna need a long talk with Kikyo and Kagome to work this thing out..." He whispered to himself.

"Then again I---ACCCKKK!! WHAT THE?!?!?!" He pulled back when he felt something jump on his back.

The demon smiled and slashed Inuyasha on the back hard many times.

Inuyasha winced and growled at the demon prying him off his back with his razor sharp claws.

"SAKONTESSOU!!" He yelled hitting the demon.

'Damn, still not enough...? He's still* alive?'

The demon smirked. 'I'll be back for you..' It thought before running off again while Inuyasha stood there in shock and in pain.

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"You, what took you so long?" Kikyo asked glaring at the demon.

"I...I had business to do."

Kikyo looked at the demon and noticed blood on its hand. 'Can't be Kagome's blood...Inuyasha protected her.'

"You went after Inuyasha?!" She yelled angrily. "I told you to keep him out of this!! This is between the girl and me!!"

"I had a score to settle!!"

She pulled out an arrow and put it close to the demons neck. "You know what powers I have. I can kill you in an instant." She said dangerously. "Keep Inuyasha out of this. If he dies," She said tightening her grip, "DON'T expect you'll* survive either. Understood?"

The demon nodded and Kikyo moved away from him. "Just a warning." She seethed. "Try again some other time. I'll think of something where Inuyasha can't interfere."

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Kagome sat in the hut with her arms crossed glaring at the wall. 'Wonder what's taking Inuyasha so long...What if he's..Why the heck am I worrying about him? He just insulted me! Hmph!'

Shippo looked at Kagome oddly. "Kagome, did something happen?"

Kagome shook her head and continued to stare at the wall as Miroku shook is head. "You're acting odd."

"Hmmpphh."

Inuyasha walked into the hut and all of sudden everything was silent. Everyone stared at him in pure shock.

He smirked and sat down quietly.

"WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?!?!?!!?" They all yelled at the same time.

Kagome ran up to him with shock written all over her face. "Inuyasha?!?!?"

"It's nothing Kagome.." He winced, "Just a couple slashes to my back, nothing big."

Kaede approached him from behind. "They look serious."

"Feh. It'll heal. I'm not a weak human."

"The demon was still alive after it attacked me wasn't it?"

"...."

"You insulted me so I would get mad and leave didn't you?"

"...I....I didn't want you hurt."

Kagome looked at him oddly. 'But you love Kikyo. Why are you getting so protective of me?'

"Kagome, you okay?" He winced.

"More importantly are you?"

"You didn't answer my question. Kaede bandage Kagome's wounds first."

Kaede nodded and got the bandages.

"W-Wait! You're the one that's injured worse!"

Inuyasha didn't listen he just sat and watched Kagome and she continued to argue.

"Am I the only one talking here?? Hello? Inuyasha? Okay..This is fun.Talking to myself and all..Inuyasha..Inuyasha?!"

"Hmmmm...? Sorry about that."

Kagome glared at him. "Hmmph."

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After both Inuyasha and Kagome were fully bandaged and treated they all sat in the hut silent as could be.

'Okay, should I talk to her now?' He thought staring at Kagome. 'Maybe I can work this thing out.'

'What the heck..Is it just me or is Inuyasha staring at me...?' Kagome thought to herself trying to look the other way. 'What's his problem?'

'She can tell I'm staring at her..' Inuyasha thought grimly. 'She doesn't look too happy about it either.'

"Uhm...Can we uhm...talk?"

Miroku stared at Inuyasha shocked. "Why Inuyasha, you naughty dog." He said in a perverted voice. "I never knew you had it in you!!" He smiled.

Inuyasha growled at him. "Not like that."

Kagome looked at him. "Sure we can talk."

Miroku stared at the both of them and Inuyasha shrugged uncomfortably.

"......"

"......"

"......."

"Well?" Sango asked.

"......"

"....Uhm....Alone?" Inuyasha peeped.

Miroku laughed and the rest of the people stared at Inuyasha shocked.

"WHHOOOOO! YOU GO INUYASHA!! SHOW THAT GIRL SOME OF YOUR SMOOTH MOVES!! SHOW HER SOME-"

"HIRAIKOTSU!"

"AHH...Sango..You didn't need to do that..." Miroku said.

Sango glared at him. "Pervert."

Kagome blushed while Sango dragged Miroku out of the door.

"So....What did you want to talk about?"

'I need to say this sometime. Please..Please Listen to me...'

"Okay, about Kikyo...."

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