What Relationship?

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Chapter 1: What Relationship?

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"I'm not doing it." Inuyasha plainly stated.

"Please, I really need you to." Kagome asked very nicely.

"I just said 'no' and I meant it. NO!" Inuyasha shouted out as he left Kaede's hut.

"Please don't be so mad, Kagome-chan. You know how Inuyasha can be." Sango said in a vain attempt to try and calm Kagome down.

"I wonder why Inuyasha wanted to return to the village at this time." Miroku wondered aloud, hoping someone could explain it to him.

Kagome just sat down and sighed. She didn't know what to do. She could have gotten mad and forced Inuyasha to the ground with her words, but that would have just led to another argument and she didn't feel like arguing at the moment. "I'm just so tired." Kagome said.

"Huh? What's that mean?" Shippou asked.

"Nothing. Never mind. I'm going to ask Inuyasha again. I'll be sure to ask nicely again. I'm sure he'll eventually give in." Kagome responded as she left.

As Kagome left the hut, she couldn't see Inuyasha. Curious about where he had gone, she decided to check the Sacred Tree. As she was walking toward the tree, she remembered how she first met Inuyasha there. It seemed like so long ago. And yet it had only been a few months. "Not like our relationship has actually gone anywhere, though." Kagome sighed to herself.

"Is it okay to meet here?" Kagome overheard Inuyasha say.

"Huh? Is he talking to me? Has he noticed me?" Kagome wondered aloud.

"I wanted to see you again. I missed you very much." A woman's voice stated. Kagome recognized it as Kikyou's voice.

"It's been so hard not being by your side. I'm always worried about you." Inuyasha told her.

"I told you that I would be fine. But I'm glad that you still worry about me. But you are protecting Kagome. She needs you more than I do." Kikyou said.

"Kagome. She's a good girl, but it's you that I am really worried about. I couldn't bear to lose you again." Inuyasha told Kikyou.

"Inuyasha." Kikyou answered back.

The two moved closer together and kissed.

"Inuyasha's feelings haven't changed. I thought that since I was here that he would..." Kagome thought to herself.

As Inuyasha and Kikyou pulled away from each other, Kikyou turned away. "I promise I will continue to be ever vigilant against Naraku and his forces. You should return to your friends." Kikyou said as she departed.

As Inuyasha walked back toward the village, he saw Kagome. "Kagome." He weakly muttered.

"I thought that I... No, it's stupid. I should have known that after all this time that we and yet..." Kagome answered back.

"We? I don't remember ever being in any kind of relationship with you." Inuyasha said.

Quickly realizing what he had just said, he moved to apologize quickly. "I'm sorry, okay. I didn't mean for it to come out like that, but after the last time I saw Kikyou, I didn't know what to do." Inuyasha said.

"I'm just so tired. I'm going home." Kagome said as she walked toward the Well.

"Home? FOR GOOD?!" Inuyasha shouted out as he moved after her.

"I don't know. I thought we could get together but you don't seem to care about me." Kagome said as she climbed down the Well.

Staring down the Well, Inuyasha stood there thinking. "Kagome wants a relationship. It's not that I don't care about her or don't want to have a relationship with her. But I can't just leave Kikyou like that. I don't want to be this 'two-timer' that they all seem to think I am."

Still staring down the Well, Inuyasha didn't know what to do.

To Be Continued...