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Chapter Thirty Three: What's Most Important To Inuyasha

"Kagome!" Inuyasha yelled, "How could you lose it!"

Kagome was trying her best to hold back tears. Not only was she angry with herself, but Inuyasha seemed mad as hell. Instead of fighting with him, she closed her eyes and concentrated on feeling' where it was.

"It's back at the village." She mumbled.

"Are you sure!"

"Yes."

Inuyasha turned to face Sango and Miroku; "You guys stay here with Shippo. Kagome and I will get the jewel."

The two of them nodded. Inuyasha grabbed Kagome's hand tightly and pulled her in the direction of the village.

"Poor Kagome. She probably feels guilty." Sango said as Inuyasha and Kagome disappeared.

"Yeah. Inuyasha looked really mad." Shippo said.

Miroku sat down next to Shippo. "Of course he was. If you made a list of all the things important to Inuyasha, first would be Kagome and the jewel. Then comes Ramen. Then us."

"We're number three?"

"Yeah."

"That sucks."

"Wait," Sango looked at Miroku, "which is more important, Kagome or the jewel."

"As long as I've know him, I figured he's always held the two equal in his mind."

"That seems wrong." Sango sighed. "Kagome should be the one, most, important thing to him."

"I know," Miroku said. "I'm just worried Inuyasha will realize that a little too late."

The were silent for a little while till Miroku spoke, "Shippo. Out of the three of us, you've know Kagome the longest, right?"

"Yeah, so?"

"Has she ever, simply lost the jewel before?"

"N-No. People have taken it form her before, but I don't think she's ever lost it."

Miroku turned to Sango, "So you think that, maybe, some could have stolen it while we were in the village."

Inuyasha pulled Kagome at a quicker pace then she could keep up with. She kept shouting at him to slow down, but he wouldn't listen. Eventually the inevitable happened, her own two feet feel from beneath her and she landed hard on her lower back.

Inuyasha had meant to catch her, but he didn't turn around in time. He started feeling guilty when she started crying from the pain so he bent down to help her up.

"Are you alright?" his voice was a lot softer then before, but Kagome didn't care. She reached up and slapped his as hard as she could.

"You're an asshole." She pushed his hands away when he tried to help her up and stood up on her own. It was painful, but she managed.

"Kagome, you're -"

"You know" She completely ignored the fact that he had been talking, "you're a real piece of work Inuyasha. You have a terrible temper, going around yelling at people all the time then you still wonder why I won't marry you." As soon as those words left her lips she regretted them.

Inuyasha stared wide-eyed at Kagome Does she really feel that way he asked himself. He wanted, desperately to hold Kagome in his arms and say sorry, but when he reached out to touch her, she slapped his hand away.

Obviously she didn't want to be touched. After she slapped his hand, she continued walking. Despite the fact that she was hurt, she managed to stay ahead of him.

"K-Kagome." Inuyasha quietly spoke while staying only a few steps behind her, "Is that the reason you won't merry me, my temper."

Kagome sighed. "No. I guess not. You've been acting a lot nicer since I've met you."

"Really?"

"Yeah." She stopped walking. "Sorry I said that was the reason I wouldn't marry you, Inuyasha."

Inuyasha moved a little so that he was standing next to her. "Sorry I made you fall. Do you want me to carry you?"

Kagome smiled and nodded. Her lower back really did hurt. "Thanks."

"So." He started talking once Kagome was safely on his back. "I've been thinking about boy names."

"Really. What do you have so far."

"Well" Inuyasha was worried now, wondering if Kagome would think his names were stupid. " I was thinking about Ginsenshi."

"Ginsenshi." Kagome whispered the name to herself to see how it would sound, "I like it."

Inuyasha let out a breath that he didn't know he was holding. "We should get to the village pretty soon." He said. "Do you know where you set the jewel down?"

Kagome tried to think back. "Mai took the necklace off me when we took a bath, but I put it down beside my cloths."

"Don't you usually wear the jewel when you bath?"

"Normally. But Mai was took it off, and I didn't want it too look suspicious."

Inuyasha shook his head. "Wait" he said suddenly, "When you came back to the house you weren't wearing your cloths. You had a brown robe."

"Oh yeah." Kagome remembered. "Mai's mother took all of our cloths so that she could wash them, but she handed the back to me a few hours later. I guess I didn't notice that she didn't give me the jewel because I was so concerned about you."

"Me. Why were you concerned about me? I wasn't hurt or anything." Inuyasha shifted Kagome on his back a little bit.

"Whenever your feelings are hurt you get this really sad look in your eyes."

"I do?"

"Yeah. And it breaks my heart every time."

Inuyasha had no idea that he got a sad look in his eyes. Though he couldn't really look at his own eyes. All he knew was that if it was even half as pitiful as the sad look Kagome got when she cried, it must be pretty bad.

"S-So you think that Mai's mother took the jewel."

"I guess, but I hope it's not true." Kagome sighed, "They were really nice."

"Maybe it was all a cover up." Inuyasha growled. He was angry with himself for being so trusting.

It didn't take them very long to get to the village. Kagome slid off of Inuyasha's back and walked to the house Mai lived in. "Is anyone here?" she called in through the doorway.

Mai walked over to it. "Kagome! I thought you were gone." She said happily.

"Mai." Kagome bent down to her level. "Do you remember the necklace I had. The one with a pink jewel on it."

Mai nodded.

"Mai, I want you to tell me the truth. Do you have my necklace?"

Mai looked up at Inuyasha then shook her head.

"Do you know where it is?" Kagome asked, still calm. She didn't want Mai to think she was in trouble.

"Y-Yes."

"Where?" Inuyasha asked. He didn't sound angry, but his tone scared Mai a little.

"I-I don't have it." She mumbled.

"Mai." Kagome smiled and stroked the girl's hair; "It is a really important necklace to me. I need it back."

Mai leaned in a little bit and whispered in Kagome's ear, "I promised I wouldn't tell."

Kagome sighed; she didn't know what to do. She couldn't just tell the child to break a promise. She leaned back on her heels and tried to find a way around this problem. "Who did you make the promise too."

"My mommy."

"And where is your mommy?"

"She went to the field behind our house." Mai said.

Kagome gave Mai a big hug, "Thanks."

With that, Kagome stood up and walked to the field that Mai had talked about. Inuyasha was on her heels. "What are we doing?"

"Mai said her mother is in the field. She must have it." Kagome said while walking at a quick pace. She could feel the jewel; they were getting closer to it.

Kagome spotted Mai's mother sitting down in the grass inspecting something in her hand. "Excuse me." Kagome said quietly, taking a few steps closer to her.

The woman turned her head and faced Kagome. "Oh, I should have know you'd be coming back. You want this." She held out the jewel.

"Yes." Kagome tried to reach for it, but Mai's mother pulled it away.

"You know, not many people in this village would have recognized this." She said gazing at the jewel in her hand. "Long before I met my husband and moved here, I met Kikyo."

Inuyasha flinched a little bit, but didn't interrupt her.

"You look just like her. That's one of the reason I let you stay with us." The woman looked directly at Kagome. "Anyway. When I was a little girl, I lived in the same village as Kikyo. I remember her telling me about the jewel and it's powers."

Kagome moved her hand quickly and grabbed the jewel away. Inuyasha's mouth dropped open, even he wouldn't have been able to react to that and he was part demon. The woman tried to get it back but Kagome made sure it was out of her reach.

"I need it." The woman said desperately.

"No you don't. Nobody needs the jewel, they just want it."

"I-I need it. I want to bring my son back." Her voice was quiet. She almost sounded helpless.

Inuyasha stood a few feet away. He knew that there was really nothing he could do.

Kagome started walk away, but the woman grabbed her arm. "Please, just let me use the jewel, then you can have it back."

Inuyasha watched at Kagome leaned down and whispered in her ear. He had no idea what she was saying, but whatever it was it worked. The woman let go of Kagome's arm and sat quietly in the grass.

"Lets go Inuyasha." Kagome said. "The others should be happy that we have it back." She placed the necklace around her neck and leapt onto Inuyasha's back.

As they walked out of the village Inuyasha asked Kagome "What did you say to that woman when she grabbed you?"

"Does it make a difference?"

"No. I was just wondering."

"I told her that Sango want's her brother back and you want to be full demon. I would gladly lend you guys the jewel, but everyone I know who has used the jewel ends up very unhappy."

"I won't end up unhappy." Inuyasha whispered to himself.

"What?" Kagome said.

"N-Nothing."

Kagome looked up at the sky. It would be time for dinner soon, We wasted a whole day she thought angrily to herself. Then she remembered something, "Inuyasha"

"What?"

"Aren't you human tonight."

Inuyasha thought about it for a second, "Yeah. How'd you know."

"If you're human tonight it marks my fifth month."

Inuyasha stopped walking for a second and moved Kagome so that he was carrying her bridal style instead of his back. Kagome laughed at this reaction, but didn't complain. When he carried her like this she was able to look up into his amber colored eyes.

Inuyasha cradled Kagome in his arms as she slept. Her lower back was still a little sore, so she didn't want to sleep on the ground. His hair had turned black a while ago. But now he had nothing to do, so he just leaned against a tree while Miroku and Sango talked.

He almost zoned out a little till Miroku turned his attention to Inuyasha. "Inuyasha. Sango and I were wondering something"

"What?"

"Which is most important to you," Sango asked. "Kagome or the jewel?"

"What!"

"Which one is more important?"

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