Chapter 1

Kagome sat on the edge of the well as she stared down at the emptiness. She let herself slowly slide down the side and land in the soft dirt. She dug her hands in digging slowly, waiting to reach the other side.

Slowly, she began to realize that she couldn't get through. Kagome started to dig franticly, ripping her bandages apart; dirt flew in all directions. She stopped suddenly and felt hot tears streak down her face, small droplets fell to the floor as she whispered to herself.

"Why won't it let me through....is it all because of Kikyou?" Kagome held her hands up to her face and cried as she curled herself into a small ball on the floor.

Inu Yasha sat up in his tree looking out at the horizon. He moved his eyes along as he looked down at the well. Pieces crumbled and fell to the floor, disappearing into the tall grass around the well as he stared at it. He jumped down and landed with a soft thud. Inu Yasha slowly walked over towards the destroyed well and placed a hand on one of its torn limbs. He closed out and sighed as he thought back to each time he watched Kagome crawl out of the well with her over stuffed bag, every time he jumped in to get her and every time she came back with him.

It happened so fast, right when the Shikon No Tama was completed, the well was destroyed. Inu Yasha thought to himself. He closed his eyes and sighed slightly. As he opened his eyes, he noticed a small glitter in the grass. Inu Yasha slowly bent down and picked it up, it was a ramen lid. Seeing this he thought back to when the well was destroyed.

' Kagome sat in the grass fiddling with the Shikon No Tama. The wind blew past her, playing with her hair. Inu Yasha stared at her as she fit each piece in place and slowly it formed a sphere, somewhat.

He watched as the wind played with her hair, Kagome lifted her hand and brushed her hair out of her face. She turned and looked at him, noticing his stares and quickly turned her back to him, so that he wouldn't see her blush. He huffed and jumped in the air landing right in front of her. She jumped back as he stared his deep amber eyes into hers.

Inu Yasha never admitted this but Kagome had one of those faces, one of those faces that someone could stare at for hours on end entangled in the beauty of her eyes.

"Are you done yet wench?" He asked her impatiently." I don't have time to wait for you to figure it out!"

 "Well, I would have been done if you hadn't jumped in front of me, making me drop the last shard!" She yelled back feeling her face grow red. Kagome looked him in the eyes and turned to look for the last shard. Searching around in the long grass, Kagome felt her finger being pricked; she quickly jumped back and placed her finger in her mouth. Inu Yasha heard her small whimper and grabbed her by the wrist turning her towards him.

 "What happened?" He yelled in her face. Kagome held up her finger as a large blob of red blood spilled out of the large cut and fall to the floor, disappearing in the long grass. Inu Yasha looked at the blood and sighed. He reached into his shirt and pulled out a small cloth; tearing off a piece he wrapped her delicate finger in it, feeling the brush of her soft skin as he touched her hands. He tied a small bow at the end and let go of her hand.

"Inu Yasha, I never had thought you could move so fast!" He heard a small mocking voice behind him. Without turning he replied. "Screw you Miroku."

Inu Yasha lifted himself off the ground and walked over to where Kagome had pricked her finger. He reached into the grass and pulled out the small shard, no bigger than one of his nails. He walked back and handed the shard to Kagome. As she fit the small shard in place he felt his heart race. Thoughts popped through his head as the last piece molded into the Shikon No Tama and a small light leaked out from the jewel.

As the light grew brighter he felt a great force. He opened his eyes slightly as he saw Kagome wince in pain, he grabbed onto her hand, when suddenly he felt himself be pushed back with great force. Kagome's had flew out of his as he flew back sideways, knocking into a tree, slamming the tree to the ground with a loud thud. All around him, everything turned dark. He turned his head slightly, looking for Kagome. She lay on the ground across from him, unconscious, covered in leaves and he smelled blood.'

"Do you miss he, my dear Inu Yasha?" A gentle voiced asked from behind him.

He turned to see a young miko standing before him in her traditional clothes holding the Shikon No Tama in her pale hands. Inu Yasha looked her in the eye and turned back to the well, not responding to her question.

"My poor Inu Yasha, your heart yearns for her, yet you cannot have her. What does it feel like, inside your heart, to have nothing to hold onto, to have no one there beside you, to be alone once again?" Inu Yasha stood with his back to her.

He felt her arms pass through his as she leaned her head against his back. She opened her hands revealing a small white jewel, glowing in her hands like a star in the night sky. Inu Yasha stared at the jewel.

'I can finally become a youkai.' He thought to himself.

Yet, however long he thought about this decision, his thoughts often returned to the girl on the other side of the well, in her time.