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Chapter: Taunted, forever hurt

Kagome lay tossing and turning on her mat where she lay sleep. Her dreams once again taunting her.

~*~*~*~ Kagome's Dream~*~*~*~*

Kagome was curled into a ball, her body was bare. She wore nothing. Everything was black, she was in nothingness.

Words echoing out of nowhere. "You coward ,you ran." The voices said, screaming in her ear. "You let him win! You let him know that you gave up ."The voices continued.

"You.Gave Up! "A voice screamed, echoing in the nothingness. Kagome laid there, still in a ball, shivering, not from fear but from guilt and regret. Had she really made the right choice?

Did the wish really matter? The pain, it came back, the feeling that once dimmed her pain was overtaken.

The feeling she had being with Kouga was now gone...there was no reason to stay. But he, he is the one to melt the chilliness that was growing into ice that has settled deep inside of her.

"Coward!" Kagome screamed out. Tears began to stream down her face ."I am a coward, I gave up and ran!!" Kagome yelled. She began to sob uncontrollable muttering coward.

"Yes, that is right, admit it, you are coward, you will amount to nothing. "The voices echoed, even as they faded into the darkness, Kagome could still hear them loud and clear in her ears.

Kagome lay there, naked, and sobbing. She never felt like this, this pain was so strong.

"Can't do it, I am now utterly...alone. "Kagome whispered into the darkness...

~*~*~*~*~End Dream~*~*~*~*~*~*

Kagome shot straight up, drenched in a cold sweat. Dry marks where she had cried herself to sleep lay there on her face. She got up and ran, she just ran.

She couldn't stay there, not anymore, there was no reason to. Kagome ran, she even left Shippou behind.

Kagome couldn't let him see her like this. Kagome ran into the deep forest, forever going to run. Tears flew down her face as she ran.

Kagome tripped over a tree branch and landed hard on the ground. "You were right, I am a coward, I did give and run away, I will amount to nothing. "Kagome whispered into the night.

She curled up into a tight ball and sobbed. She made no attempt to get up, she just lay there and eventually she cried herself to sleep.

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Inuyasha had heard the cry of a young woman and went to see. There on the ground he saw her, Kagome. His heart clenched in pain at her name. Inuyasha, listened as she said that she was a coward.

He watched as she curled into a ball and cried herself to sleep. Inuyasha waited awhile before he walked over. He looked at her, she was hurting badly and he could tell.

Cautiously he picked her up. Inuyasha sat against a tree base and cradled Kagome in his arms. His heart seemed to be feeling better with Kagome in his arms.

He kissed her on the forehead and pulled her closer. Him too soon drifted off to sleep...

Not to far away a familiar pair of intense golden eyes watched them.

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