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Kagome ran through the forest, her strength suddenly renewed. She left Inuyasha and the others behind, fleeing all she loved. Please don't follow me, Kagome silently prayed, I need to be alone. Kagome ran and ran until she was again exhausted and convinced that Inuyasha hadn't followed her. She lifted the backpack off her weary shoulders, and slumped down to the ground, leaning against a tree. Finally, some peace and quiet, she thought, listening to the sounds of the forest around her. Stupid Inuyasha, asking me what's wrong. He should know what's wrong! He is so oblivious! Wait a minute, her rational side said, You only just discovered the truth about your feelings. That's right! Realized Kagome, I only just found out the depth of my feelings, so I guess it's not fair to expect him to know...Maybe if he thought about me sometimes and not always Kikyo, Kagome fumed, he might have noticed my feelings by now! She could feel the rage building inside of her, making her want to scream into the night. Wow, slow down girl, look at how jealous you've become...what's happened to me? Kagome wondered silently. When did I get so weak? Kagome shook her head.
"I need to clear my head and get him out of my head" she said aloud, to no one in particular. She opened her pack, and pulled out a bag of potato chips, seeing as she was starving. Inuyasha's favorite...she thought, her eyes starting to water. No! Don't you think about him! She told herself this firmly, as if reprimanding her kid brother, Souta. She quickly snarfed down the contents of the small plastic bag, and curled up under the tree to sleep. She fell asleep almost instantly, simply from pure exhaustion.

Inuyasha watched her flee, running from all of them, but especially, he felt, away from himself. Kagome...Inuyasha called out in his mind. He stood in the same spot, listening to the sounds she made, listening until he could no longer hear the crunch of her footfall. Should I go after her? He wondered. Should I be following her? Inuyasha knew full well that Kagome didn't want him to follow, and though he felt that he should let her go, he convinced himself to make sure she was alright. He would visit her after she had fallen asleep.

Inuyasha silently ran though the bush, leaping gracefully as he so often did. After his last encounter with Kagome, Inuyasha had returned to the grove where the others were, making sure they were all alright. He had waited what had seemed an absurdly long amount of time to the impatient Inuyasha, until he was convince Kagome would be asleep. He then slipped out into the night once more, leaping to check on Kagome. He sniffed the night air once more, following his nose to where the girl soundly slept. Suddenly, he had arrived at his destination. He hung back, behind the tree, watching Kagome sleep. Her black hair flowing around her in waves, her face illuminated by the moonlight, making her look more lovely than ever. Inuyasha watched the girl peacefully breath in and out, knowing that she was deep asleep, yet still feeling cautious about approaching. Kagome looked so peaceful, so angelic in the moonlight, he almost felt he should leave right now. However, Inuyasha, being the curious half-youki he was, felt even more compelled to move closer. He silently crept to Kagome's side, crouching next to her sleeping form. She looks so...beautiful he thought. Then he realized what he had just thought, a blush and look of embarrassment crossing his face as if someone had just heard his thoughts and laughed at him. What the hell? Where did that come from? However, as Inuyasha looked back at her once more, he realized that was what he sincerely thought. This confused Inuyasha, but before he had much time to think about it, a strong wind blew, and Kagome's face was suddenly covered by her own hair. She began to moan in her sleep, and Inuyasha realized that her hair hindered her breathing. Not wanting her to stir, he quietly crept over to Kagome, and ever so gently moved the hair from her face. As he swept the hair from her features, he noticed how lovely her hair was, and how silky her skin felt. He gently stroked the side of Kagome's face, not thinking of what he was doing. Kagome slightly stirred in her sleep, and mumbled a
"Inuyasha..." Even though she was still deep asleep, Inuyasha was so startled, he turned and fled the sleeping girl's clearing.

Inuyasha fled the forest, hoping to get back to the rest of the group soon, very soon. She...she said my name in her sleep...she's dreaming about me? Inuyasha was having trouble processing what this meant, or if it even meant anything. And what was I doing stroking her face like that? What is going on? Inuyasha was thoroughly confused now, and he didn't like it one bit. Maybe I should talk to Shippo...No way! That little runt would never let me live it down! Inuyasha decided he would worry about this later. For now, he would sleep, he would need his strength tomorrow, when the group found out that their key member was now missing.

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