"NO! You're supposed to land in the tree! Goddamnit Kagome, couldn't you have inherited my balance and control too?!" Inuyasha was annoyed, frustrated, and worried. Kagome was still as clumsy and female as she'd always been, but with her new senses, that wasn't safe. He'd been a half-demon all his life, had learned control from his first breath, but Kagome was lazy. That was it, really; she didn't want to learn these things. She was lazy, stubborn, and arrogant, and Inuyasha wanted to bang heads,

And he was scared. He didn't have any of his demon powers anymore, and he felt like he was walking blind and deaf. He kept being startled by people since he wasn't used to his inferior human senses, and Miroku had taken it upon himself to sneak up on Inuyasha and scare the wits out of him on a regular basis. Sango, Miroku and even Shippo kept trying to watch out for him like he was weak, but he was stronger now then most humans, even without his demon strength.

And Kagome didn't seem to care for him. She ranted and raved at him, and sometimes she would cry and whine about her new form, but she never once mentioned what he had said when making his wish, or even seemed to realize what he had given up to be with her. He was feeling very cheated, uncared for, and lonely.

"Well, I'm trying jackass. How am I supposed to land on a branch this small and not fall? God, you are such jerk Inuyasha! Why do you have to be so insensitive?" Kagome looked like she was ready to kill him or cry, and he gave up.

"Alright, let's go back to the village; we'll work on this in the morning or something. Just calm down, alright?"

Kagome was feeling frustrated and guilty. She couldn't control her temper, and she kept getting angry with Inuyasha. She knew he didn't deserve it, she knew he was trying to help her, but she didn't want to train or get used to this body, she wanted to get rid of it!

She was also in a perpetual bad mood. No matter what she did, no matter how much she tried to stay calm, she would get upset with somebody and yell, and she hated herself for it. Miroku didn't even grope her anymore, since she nearly took his hand off, and Shippo wasn't sleeping in her sleeping bag with her. She just wanted to go home, but without the jewel, she could never come back, and that meant she'd never be human again. She wasn't ready to give up hope for becoming human again.

Kagome was scared of Inuyasha, though. She didn't understand why he decided to become human. She was afraid to ask, afraid to find out that he really cared about her. They couldn't be together because she was going home once she was human, and there was nothing she could do about that. She had a life and family to go home to, school to finish, friends to spend time with. She couldn't stay here with Inuyasha and the others, she just couldn't.

Kagome got off the ground and sprinted back towards the village. Maybe Granny Kaede had found a way to make her human.

"I'm sorry child, I have discovered nothing. I will need more time to unearth a way to return you to normal.

Reversing the effects of the jewel isn't impossible, I'm sure of it." Kaede was sitting by the fire, perfectly happy, and Kagome was furious. Furious at Kaede for taking so long, furious at Inuyasha for training her so hard, and furious at her friends for being afraid of her. Kagome hated all of them at that moment, and that was all the time it took to let loose.

Inuyasha came running when he heard the crash in Kaede's home, loud enough for even his human ears to hear. He ran into the house to see Kagome advancing on a truly frightened Kaede, who had just pulled an arrow from her quiver and was placing it to her bow as he entered. Kagome had a truly insane look on her face, and Inuyasha knew what he had to do.

Inuyasha jumped onto Kagome, sending the stunned hanyou to the ground, then rolled on top of her back to pin her to the ground. Looking around for something to restrain her with, his eyes fell on the subduing necklace Inuyasha had been wearing for the last two years. Feeling a sense of vengeance, Inuyasha lunged off Kagome to grab that necklace, and spinning around pushed it down onto her neck as she jumped up.

Kagome began to swipe at Inuyasha when he looked her straight in the eye and said two words.

"Kagome, Osuwari!"