Wow! It's been so long since I updated this one! I kept trying to but had this MAJOR writer's block, but I'm over it now and here is the story! But before I let you read it I have to say a very special thank you to Queen-Guinevere-Gwyn!!! If you hadn't inspired me to write again by letting me beta your story (btw, I think it's posted on fictionpress if you wanna check it out! Its a pretty awesome story!)! And thank you so much for editing my story, I wouldn't have pulled it off without you or the Juicy Fruit song !

Through the Well and Back Again

Chapter 2

Coming back from the Feudal Era had been especially hard on Kagome this time. Of course she had left in a huff when Inuyasha had mentioned Kikyo and told Kagome that she was merely a shard-detector, but this time it was different for some reason.

Sure, she was used to the names and harsh tones from the white-haired half demon with the body of a Greek god (not that she would ever admit it ). But since she had just renewed her will to come back to Inuyasha, she was even more disappointed when he had said the usual insults.

She had been sprawled on her bed all morning, stewing in her own unhappy thoughts. She was still in her pajamas and her cheeks were tear-stained, her eyes slightly puffy. Around noon there was a soft knock on her bedroom door.

"Come in." she muttered, not taking her eyes off the ceiling. The door slowly opened and her mother poked her head through the crack.

"Kagome-chan? Are you coming down for lunch? You must be hungry, you missed breakfast." Her mother said timidly.

"I'll be down in a minute, okaa-san." She answered monotonously, still not taking her eyes off of the ceiling. Her mother crossed the room quickly and sat on her daughter's bed.

"What did he do this time, dear?"

This, of course, caused the flood gates to break loose, and Kagome's sobs wracked her body. Her mother caught her in a soft embrace and hugged her crying baby.

Once the girl had calmed down enough to make comprehensible sentences, she told her mother of her troubles.

Flash Back

The sun was setting in the Feudal Era, and great, red and orange streaks were thrown across the still pale blue sky. As Kagome walked out of Kaede's hut, she gasped at the sheer brilliance of the sky. Yet another reason she kept coming back to this Era, everything was still untouched and real. She smiled and began humming a tune to herself as she prepared dinner. When the water began to boil, she went to get the meat for the stew, but as she was standing up from the ground, she noticed a pair of amber eyes watching her intensely from inside a tree.

She stared back at him, knowing instantly that he wasn't looking at her. Not really. Kagome sighed, and continued working on dinner. Sure, she couldn't replace his first love, no one could. But now that Kikyo was back, it seemed right for him to go back to her. Kagome wasn't angry at either of them, she and Inuyasha had never really had anything special, and he was fully capable of making his own choices.

But still, deep down inside of her, Kagome still hoped that one day the half-demon would return her feelings. She looked up and stared at him again, with just as much intensity as he gave her. They stayed like this for a while, just staring, until the silence was broken by Inuyasha.

"Why do you keep staring at me like that? Your starting to weird me out!" he said. His eyes lightened a little and he didn't seem so serious.

"You were staring at me too!" Kagome retorted.

"Yeah well, I have good reason!"

"Just because I look like Kik- "her sentence was cut short by Shippo's happy voice.

"Kagome-chan! Inuyasha-kun! Are ya glad to see me?" the kitsune asked.

"Of course, Shippo!" Kagome answered as she engulfed him in a hug. Inuyasha merely "feh-ed" and disappeared on another branch of the tree. Miroku and Sango came through the woods a few minutes after Shippo.

"You guys are just in time! Dinners ready!" Kagome grinned at her friends and dished everyone up. Once everyone was happily chewing on their food, she brought a bowl over to Inuyasha.

"Look, I'm sorry about arguing with you before. You scared me too, the way you were staring at me." Kagome said, handing him the bowl. Too bad he wasn't actually looking at me, she thought to herself.

"Feh." Was all he said to her.

"I know that you don't really see me, that you're really looking at Kikyo." She said quietly, looking at her shoes.

"What do you know about anything? You're just a stupid shard detector! And you don't look like Kikyo, she was different!" Inuyasha screamed at her.

Kagome turned on her heel and ran to the well. Not caring about the stuff she left behind, or if she said good-bye. She didn't let her tears fall until she was on the other side of the well.

End Flashback

After telling her mother all about her troubles, Kagome fell into a peaceful, dreamless sleep. Leaving her worries for when she woke up.

But, as the melancholy girl slept and life continued on around her, a man laughed to himself.

He flicked back his short, curly, brown hair and continued to giggle his insane laugh. His bright blue eyes flashed with malice as he painfully injected the glowing jewel shard into the wriggling snake.

Once the jewel was strategically placed in between the snakes eyes, he set it free to do his dirty work.

"Slither my pretty. Get that girl, and her little dog demon too!" he whispered to himself. As he watched the snake glide across the pavement, towards Higurashi shrine, his maniacal laughter erupted again.

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