Callie here: I don't own anything but Kori and the plot. I hope you enjoy, things are going as planed so this will be up on the eighth. If not you can sue me (not really).

" Marriage is swift like a poison, but love is a life lived long."

Kagome felt as if she had betrayed Inu Yasha as she lay down to sleep; the memory of kissing him flooded her mind leaving no other thoughts. It had been an unplanned, mysterious, but pleasing kiss that held some meaning. If she was kissing Inu Yasha, but marrying Kori something was wrong.

Inu Yasha was her courageous, strong, and overbearing half- demon; and Kori was her mystifying, cold, but caring fiancée. They were two totally different companions, and yet they both enthralled her. How could she decide between them?

Sitting up she jumped out of bed, and crept out of the house into the night air. It was late, she knew, but she had to see Inu Yasha; had to tell him about Kori. When she emerged from the well no one was there. Really she hadn't expected them to be but she had hoped, it would save the trouble of finding them.

"Inu Yasha!" Kagome whistled really loud, "Inu Yasha, where are you!"

Making her way through the woods she searched for any sign of the half-demon, the whole time wondering what she would say to him. His reaction was her real concern, for she was split two ways. On one hand she wanted him to be jealous and tell her she couldn't marry, but she also wanted him to be supportive of her decision. First though, she wanted to find him.

It was Shippo whom she actually found primary. Through a break in the trees she saw him with his head to the ground, sniffing.

"What are you doing?"

Shippo looked up and saw Kagome's ironic smile. "Sniffing." The fox went back to his job. "I'm looking for those guys that hurt Inu Yasha."

From the look of him, all dirty and not as enthusiastic as usual, she figured he had been working all day. This also meant Inu Yasha wasn't far behind. Branches parted and Kagome's heart leaped as Miroku step out with Inu Yasha following.

"Inu Yasha." Kagome skipped up to him with a big grin on her face.

"What are you doing here?" Inu Yasha frowned stopping Kagome in her tracks, "We weren't expecting you."

Shippo lifted his head again, "Yeah, but we're glad you're here. Kagome you can track now and I'll rest, we've been going in circles."

"Inu Yasha, we need to talk." Kagome prepared herself with a deep breath, but before she could say anything he interrupted.

"We're busy, come back another time." Inu Yasha walked passed Kagome and continued on the trail.

Obviously he wasn't happy about her presence. He was too busy for her, and his busyness made her mad. What she had to say was important, so she reigned in her temper- for now.

"Inu Yasha, I'm getting married."

(Break)

Inu Yasha stopped not believing his ears; he had to have misheard. "You what?"

Kagome clasped her hands in front of her and stared defiantly at his back, "I'm- I'm getting married."

Turning towards her he saw she wasn't lying. Her face was pale and her eyes- locked to his- only told the truth. Grief shook him, causing him to almost collapse, but he steadied himself against a tree: breaking away from her eyes. He thought about their kiss and now this- this news; it was a terrible shock.

Marriage? Kagome? The two just didn't make sense, and to whom for that matter. Rage boiled up in him but he couldn't let Kagome know how he felt.

"Congratulations." Inu Yasha smirked despite the pain he felt inside. "Are you here to invite us to the wedding?"

When Kagome's face crumpled Inu Yasha realized he had gone too far. He didn't care though; to him she was now a traitor. Hadn't they shared something in that kiss, or was he the only one who had felt the connection? She couldn't have felt anything, for now she was off marrying another guy. How could she do this to him?

"Inu Yasha." Kagome placed a hand on his arm, her touch sending shivers down his spine; that traitor.

He was so enraged he didn't even look up at her. He simply shook her off and headed deeper into the woods. "Come on Miroku, Shippo we have work to do."

Had he looked back though, he would have seen Kagome's face twisted with desperation.

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