Chapter 3

"So Kagome, why where you late?" Sango asked as Kgome walked in the room. Sangowas siting in the corner of the fire lit room. She had actually managed to interact with the rest of them, with Kohaku being killed. Sango had been forced to kill her brother in the battle with Naraku. She had been given terrible wounds... wounds that no one could ever heal...

"Oh, well... I..." Kagome didn't know where to start. She sat down next to Sango and Kirara, who jumped onto her lap.

Miroku who was eating Kagome's potato chips on the other side of the room. He seemed not to be paying attention to the girls' conversation.

Kagome started to tell Sango about why she wasn't there on time.

"Well you see, there way a new girl at school, she's from America and she was really nice. She said that she would like to be my friend, so I decided to show her around the area." At that moment InuYasha walked into the room.

"What was her name?" Asked Sango couriously.

"Kili, Kili Heroi." answered Kagome, "well anyway, so I showed her around town and everything. Then she wanted to repay me so she bought me a drink and stuff. I would have been on time but then I..." Kagome paused, "Then I ran into a friend."

Though Sango wondered why Kagome hadn't said the rest, she didn't ask. Kagome would tell her if she wanted to.

"I guess we'll head out tommorrow morning then," Miroku said as he sat down the empty potato chip bag.

"I guess that'll have to do," Sango agreed. Kagome looked over by Miroku and saw Shippo and Kirara sleeping. She giggled slightly, then everybody settled in and then went to bed. With the last jewel shard right outside the village.

Kagome awoke early in the morning, she looked over at Sango and Kirara, 'they looked so cute' Kagome thought, Sango was leaning against the wall with Kirara on her chest with her head right below Sango's neck. Miroku and Shippo where on the other side of the room, theywhere in the same position as they were the last night. Except that the potato chip bag was on Shippo's face.

'Where's InuYasha?' Kagome asked herself looking around the room. She stood and walked over to the door, she took one more look at her friends, then left. The sun was just now rising.

'It'll be another nice day,' thought Kagome, she still couldn't find InuYasha. 'InuYasha...' Kagome thought as she walked over tothe well.

There was a rustle in the bushes, Kagome twirled around startled. Kagomesaw a figure appear before her. She had tangled purple hair with a butterfly pin that had a silver object on it. She stared at Kagome withsad blue eyes, she had no expression on her face.

"I'm looking for aPriestess," she said, not taking her eyes off of Kagome, "she holds theShikon no Tama."

Kagome just stared atthe butterfly barrette, 'the jewel shard! this demon has the last jewel shard!'

"Hand over the jewel," she saidtaking outa sword, "and nobody gets hurt."

'What should I do? InuYasha's not here, andI forgot my arrows!'Kagome bit her lip, 'this isn't looking good!'

"Come on, I don't have time to waste with you." she said pointing her sword at Kagome. "Either you give it to me now, or you die."

"Ah-"

"Times up!" the demon jumped at her, "I won't kill you, but my master sure will!"

"AAAAIIIIIIEEEEEEE!"

The demon cut Kagome's gold chain. The jewel dropped to the ground as Kagome fell backwards andshe hit her head on the well. The demon picked up the Shikon no Tama.

"No--!" Kagome felt blood trickel down her neck from the gash the demon's sword had given her. "Give it back!"

Kagome tried to stand, but couldn't find her balance, she put her hand on the well for balance. The demon took her eyes offthe jewel to see Kagome.She gasped,and ranover toKagome and put her hand on her wound. Kagome couldn't find out what she was trying to do, The wound seemed almost...warm.

The demon's eyes glistened, as she looked at Kagome's wound, "I'm so very s-"

"GET THE HELL AWAY FROM KAGOME!" The demon turned only to see the tetsaiga two inches from her face. InuYasha stood holding it, "don't move."

"InuYasha!" Kagome was so happy to see him, "wai-" shelifted her handto touch were herwound had been. It wasn't bleeding anymore.

She looked up at the demon, who was now standing right in front of her. She sawher own blood on the the demons hand, as it dissappeared. Now Kagome was confussed.

"Did you just-?" Kagome heard a voice in her head.

I'm so very sorry. Kagome gasped, sheknew that it was the demon who was talking to her.

"Well?" InuYasha still pointed the tetsuiga at the demon, "Drop the jewel."

The demon turned her head only enough to see Kagome.

"Another day I suppose."

She dropped the jewel on Kagome's lap, then she dissappeared.

ButI will beback

Kagome heard the voice in her head again, then it was gone. 'Did she... help me?' she kept her hand on the spot the wound should have been. 'If she did... why?'

"Are you alright?" Kagome was brought out of her thoughts, she looked up at InuYasha and nodded. InuYasha stared at her as she picked up the jewel and examined it. Then he noticed the blood on her school uniform.

"What the hell did it do to you!"

"What do you mean?" Kagome asked trying to stand, though she was unsuccessful.

"The blood! Thats what I mean!" Kagome noticed the blood on her uniform.

'Oh, from the cut...' Kagome felt weird all of the sudden, like there was a sudden urge not to tell InuYasha that she had been hurt, or that the demon had the last jewel shard. 'Knowing InuYasha, if he knew that I had gotten hurt, he would of killed her...' She knewthat theright thing to do was to tell him...

"This is just blood that was on the demon, andsome justgot on me, heh heh..." Kagome felt so bad that she had to lie, but she just couldn't shake the feeling that there was more... InuYasha probably wouldn't hear a world of it, he'd kill the demon, next time they met.

'I have to find out why she helped me, and why she didn't kill me.' Kagome thought, though she knew her conscience wouldn't let it off the hook, 'I'm so sorry InuYasha... But this issomething that I can'tletyou help me with.'

"Lets go back Kagome," InuYasha said.

"Uh... InuYasha...?" Kagomestuttered asshe felt her face turn red,"well... uh... can you help me?"

"What?"

"Well... I kinda fell back...and-"

"OK, OK... jeez." He walked back and picked her up, he scolded her while they walked back to the village.

'I love youInuYasha,' Kagome sighed wishing to tell him those words. Without noticing shetightened her grip around his neck, as she did so she fell asleep onhis back.

'Kagome... why would you lie?' InuYasha couldn't figure out why she would lie about if the demon did something to her. He knew that it wasKagome's blood, he could smell it. But he wouldn't askher, she would tell himwhen she was ready. He trusted her with all his heart. He trustedthe brown eyes that he had grown to love. He trusted her more than anyone else, and he always would.

'I love you Kagome'

(END OF CHAPTER 3! HOPE YOU ENJOYED! I'M KINDA SPAZING BECAUSE I'VE ONLY GOT 3 REVIEWS! PLEASE, PLEASE REVIEW! LOVE ALLY! GO INU/KAG)