Chapter Three- A Day With No Kagome

This might be my last chapter, depending on how much time is given to write it. Really, right now it's 1:15 and I'm just sitting here. I got to get ready for this big party I'm going to, but I'm too tired…-- Zzzzz…Okay, I got to start now, let's go! Enjoy, destroy (er), just read it! Yay Miroku!

Kagome gasped slightly at Inu-Yasha's reply. It wasn't what she expected. She stepped back and ran for it. Kaede's village wasn't that far. If she was lucky, Sango and the others would miss her and she could make a clean escape into the well, away from all this, away from all this mess. She could see the smoke coming from the village now. Soon, she would see the well, then she could go home, to her own time. She took a halt and breathed rapidly. She needed to rest for a moment. She fell down to her knees and frowned. 'Inu-Yasha,' she whispered. 'I'm so sorry.' First she threw her bag down onto the well, then she sat on the rim of the well so that her legs faced the inside, but she was still on top of it. Then she took one last look around and sighed. Her adventures in feudal Japan were to end today.

Meanwhile, Inu-Yasha stood at the same spot, thinking and waiting. Thinking of Kagome, and waiting for her as well.

'She'll come back,' Inu-Yasha told himself aloud. 'She can't just leave.'

But night was already falling, and Kagome still did not come. Just then, a drop of water fell on top of Inu-Yasha's nose, and he could tell it would be raining hard that night. In Kagome's era, the rain just began to fall as well. It was pouring outside, and Kagome could tell it would be a long night. She too was thinking and waiting for Inu-Yasha to come get her and tell her everything was going to be alright, but it would never be like that again. She had let herself loose and constantly remind herself that it was all a dream, and that there was no such thing as Inu-Yasha or feudal Japan. Kagome sighed and closed her eyes, lying down on her soft, warm bed. For the first time in a long time, she got to sleep on something other than solid ground…

Inu-Yasha sat by the well watching it closely for any signs of Kagome popping out suddenly, but there was nothing. He shivered slightly as he sat, now and then brushing rain off his coat. He smelled Kagome around him, on his coat, whenever she held on to him during battle, or on the well, where Kagome would go inside and come out with surprises and goodies for the gang, but now that would never happen. In his heart, Inu-Yasha knew he wanted her to come back. But in his mind, something in his head reminded him of what he said to her…

'Leave Kagome, I don't need you anymore.' He remembered his hurtful words and winced. 'Who am I kidding?' He suddenly exclaimed. He looked down into the darkness of the well and sighed. He knew what he had to do.

'I may not be able to take the pain away,' he whispered to himself. 'But at least I can somehow persuade her to come back.'

With that, Inu-Yasha hopped into the well and into another era.

Kagome though, was in her own world. As she slept, she dreamt of Hojo and all her other friends. Tomorrow, she would see them all again, and she could continue living a life of technology and advanced machinery; things that the feudal era did not have. But she suddenly awoke with a start when she heard the rain fall down harder. She clenched her fists under her covers and groaned as her eyes opened slowly.

'Not now, of all times,' she whispered getting up and rubbing her eyes. She looked around her room and saw her window wide open.

'Stupid window,' she murmured, slamming it shut. She went back to her bed and closed her eyes once more, only a loud banging noise woke her up again. She sat upright in her bed and looked to the window. It had opened again.

'It couldn't be him…' she thought to herself. She closed it shut, locking it this time. 'It isn't, get ahold of yourself Kagome.'

Kagome turned around after some more thinking and all at once, came face to face with Inu-Yasha.

'I'm cold,' Shippo whispered to Kirara. The small cat meowed a reply and huddled into a small ball.

It had been almost one full day where Miroku, Sango, and Shippo had not been in the presence of Kagome. They were in such a distraught. Miroku had not been accustomed to groping only one girl's rear end. Sango had enough trouble on her hands with Miroku, but now she had to deal with being the 'mother figure' of the group as Kagome had so easily done. And with Inu-Yasha gone all the time, sitting hopelessly by the well, the gang had lost hope of ever discovering the Jewel Shards and Naraku's whereabouts. They'd been standing around doing nothing much but awaiting the senses of both people to arise.

'This is silly,' Sango groaned. 'I can't imagine what Inu-Yasha said to her to make her stay away from us.'

'Perhaps it's not what Inu-Yasha said,' Miroku began, 'but rather what Kagome said to him.'

'What do you mean Houshi-sama?'

'Well, if you remember Sango, the incident between Kagome and Naraku.'

'Miroku,' Sango continued. 'Are you saying that Kagome left because she actually believes that monster?'

'Precisely Sango,' Miroku replied looking sternly at the dark sky. It was pouring outside again, and he could see the leaves moving with the rain. He looked to Sango. She was in deep contemplation of this affair. Had this meant, maybe, Kagome would never…

'Gak!' Shippo suddenly cried. 'Y-You mean Kagome's never coming back to us?!'

'Shippo,' Miroku began, but he did not finish, for he knew that there was some proof of what Shippo had said. Maybe Kagome never would come back. He looked again to Sango and saw fear in her eyes. They, Kagome and Sango, had begun a sort of friendship since the demon slayer's arrival. It must have been hard to take. Sango suddenly stood up, holding on to her hiraikotsu.

'Sango,' Miroku said softly.

'I'm going,' she said. 'If Inu-Yasha will not attempt to get Kagome back then I will.'

Miroku grinned and stood up as well. 'Of course Sango, let me accompany you.'

'Me too!' Shippo exclaimed, jumping to his feet. When they arrived at the well, they saw Inu-Yasha standing quite still in the rain, not sensing anything surrounding him.

'Inu-Yasha, stand aside,' Sango announced placing her hiraikotsu firmly beside her. 'We're going to try to find some way to get Kagome back.'

'Kagome is not coming back,' Inu-Yasha said quietly. 'She'll never come back.'

'What are you saying Inu-Yasha?' Shippo cried.

'Inu-Yasha, Kagome will be here soon,' Miroku said stepping forward. 'Will you not move?'

'You won't see her,' Inu-Yasha replied moving his head up more. His eyes were intent on the three. Kirara's fur stood on end and the tiny cat, now suddenly much larger growled at the figure before them.

'Inu-Yasha, what are you talking about?'

Not listening, Inu-Yasha continued with what he was saying.

'You won't see Kagome,' he said, 'but even if she were to come back, you'll all be dead.'

'What?!'

'Stand back Inu-Yasha!' Sango yelled holding up her weapon. 'You speak of nonsense!'

Inu-Yasha smiled and his eyes glowed crimson red.

Miroku saw this and ran toward Inu-Yasha as well, but not toward him.

'Sango!' he cried. 'That's not Inu-Yasha!'

O-kay, maybe that's not the last chapter, but we're almost at the end. Just hold on for some days, since I'm busy with my homework I haven't had as much time to type things out. It'll be finished though, maybe the last chapter is next, if I don't have all sorts of new ideas suddenly popping out! Okay, goodbye! Review this, I need some ideas. By the way, my average midterm is 80 percent. OMG, I seriously have got to start studying more, I'm so dumb! Ok, now I really have to go… bye-bye!

Luv, Lee