KoKo quickly sat up from the thought of Kikyo. It was still dark outside and it was only a day away from the night of the new moon. 'Why does Inuyasha love that Kikyo so much? I know exactly everything about her and what she has done to Inuyasha, so why does he still love her?' "Is everything ok?" Kagome questioned as she sat up. "Yeah… just thinking." Kagome looked up and said, "It's still night- time. The sun won't be coming up for at least another hour." Kagome looked at KoKo and noticed that she was looking at her. "Kagome…." Kagome sat there, waiting for KoKo to finish what she was saying. KoKo just shook her head and said, "Never mind." KoKo was thinking about Kikyo, Kagome, and Inuyasha. She was thinking why it didn't bother Kagome that Inuyasha cared for Kikyo. - It was now sunrise, and everybody was up and getting ready to leave. "Kagome, I've been thinking about last night, about what I was going to ask you," KoKo said. Kagome stood there and waited for KoKo to finish once again. KoKo took in a deep breath and blurted out in front of Inuyasha, "Don't you care that Inuyasha still loves Kikyo?" Everybody stopped from what they were doing and looked at Inuyasha, waiting for him to react. Kagome did not answer, and KoKo quickly said, "Never mind, that was a stupid question." - "I guess that I never really cared, because I know that Kikyo was Inuyasha's first love." By now KoKo really wished that she had not asked that question. Sango came over and interrupted that silence by quickly sating, "We should really get going if we want to catch some fish down stream." Everyone shook their head in agreement and headed down for the stream. - Shippo jumped into the stream without any thought and started to catch fish. "I caught one and it's big!" Shippo proudly and excitedly announced with a six inch catfish in both of his hands, trying not to let it get away. KoKo quickly rushed over to Shippo, making sure that the fish does not get away as well. "Hey, Inuyasha! Look at this fish Shippo caught!" KoKo ran over to Inuyasha, showing him the fish. "I've caught bigger," Inuyasha said, not impressed. KoKo put a stubborn look on her face and argued, "Well you could at least congratulate Shippo for catching such a big fish!"- "Congratulations. Happy now?" KoKo was worried. Inuyasha was not acting his usual self. "Inuyasha… is this about what I said earlier?" Inuyasha gave a mean look to KoKo and yelled, "Maybe it is maybe it isn't, but that doesn't give you any reason to be nosing into my business!" Inuyasha ran off into the forest that they had just escaped from the other day. "Inuyasha!" KoKo ran after Inuyasha, giving the fish back to Shippo. Kagome watched KoKo go after Inuyasha with a very worried look. "It's not your fault, Kagome," Miroku tried reassuring her, "Inuyasha just has a lot of things on his mind that he can't take in all at once." Kagome looked at Miroku, now with a more worried look, and sadly said, "I hope you're right." - KoKo chasing Inuyasha- KoKo dodged all of the trees that were quickly heading her way as she jumped up and down, looking for Inuyasha; following his scent closely. KoKo came up to an opening in the labyrinth forest and saw Inuyasha looking around, trying to find his way out. "Inuyasha, you shouldn't just run off like that! Something could have happened to you and…" - "And what! It's not like you would care…!" KoKo put up a barrier to prevent her form crying, but it did not work as well as she thought it would. "How dare you say that I don't care! I came all the way into the forest, trying not to get lost, only to hear that I don't care about you! If I didn't care about you, then I wouldn't be risking my life to keep you life… to keep you alive because without you we can not defeat Naraku!" Inuyasha suddenly changed his furious face with a defeated look. KoKo calmed her self down and started to talk as she walked over to Inuyasha, "Inuyasha, if I do not care about you then I wouldn't be here right now… I would probably still be myself searching for you. If I do not care then I would have not be looking for any living family for six years…." KoKo started to cry as she only stood two feet away from Inuyasha. Inuyasha put his head up and sniffed into the air. "What is it, Inuyasha?" KoKo questioned as she wiped the tears away from her eyes. All of a sudden a giant shadow floated above them, making the whole forest dark.