Author's note: sorry about the short chapters but this is probably gonna end up being a long story so don't worry too much I want to apologize for the last chapter's ending it was total crap but I posted it on thanksgiving, which is today actually and I didn't think I would get any more time on the computer. Once again, sorry

Chapter 3:

two sides to the same story

Kagome looked at Inu Yasha, trying to search his expression to see if the story he was about to tell pained him in any way. After all, the last thing she wanted to do was make Inu Yasha remember painful memories, let alone tell them to her.poor Inu Yasha thought Kagome, still trying to search his eyes What Kyoto said earlier must have really upset him, otherwise he wouldn't have given in so easily. Still, I don't find any pain or suffering in his eyes, though it could just be one of his disguised emotions. I'll give him the choice, if he doesn't want to tell me he doesn't have to.

What is she thinking about. Thought Inu Yasha to himself it's as though she is wondering whether or not she wants me to tell her, but why? does she think it will upset me? that's Kagome alright, never wanting anyone to go through pain

"Inu Yasha?" Kagome finally spoke.

"Yes?" he replied.

"If telling me this story is too painful for you, you don't have to tell me," she said, "I don't want you to go through any pain or suffering because of me."

Inu Yasha smirked at his accuracy, "no" he said, "its not too painful" though inside he wasn't so sure, he had known Kagome for awhile now, and he had learned that he could trust her with anything. But what if this was too much? what if it was so painful he started to cry? What would Kagome think of him then? more importantly what would he think of himself? he had always been afraid to show his emotions, how would he handle the feeling of letting go of that fear? was he ready? maybe not, but that was no reason to keep the truth from Kagome, the one person who could make him feel things he never thought he could feel, and see things in new ways that he never thought were possible, the one who kept him going, kept him from insanity, and kept him in the warmth and out of the numbness of his past pain. No, it wasn't too painful, not for her.

"Are you ready Kagome?" he told her, looking seriously in her chocolate eyes, "I'm warning you now this story does not have a happy ending"

"yes" said Kagome, looking into his amber eyes with as much seriousness as his.

"Well a long time ago, when I was still a kid and my parents were both alive, we always had to hide our demonic side, my father would always take a human form and my brother as well. But as for me, there was nothing I could do to hide my ears and claws, so I had to always stay hidden and could never interact with anyone. When someone did find me we had to run away from that village. It was my fault that we never had a solid home." he looked down at the ground as if the very subject was starting to take its toll on him.

"Inu Yasha, if you can't go on..." Kagome began.

"No don't speak" said Inu Yasha, "if I don't tell you it will be even more painful"

Kagome understood and didn't say anything more, "so one day," Inu Yasha continued, "we came to this new village. As usual I wasn't allowed to talk to anyone. I was so bored I couldn't stand it anymore so I went out in my backyard to do something when I met him! I froze, after all no one was supposed to know I existed. But he didn't seem scared of me at all, in fact, he came up to me and touched my ears! Just like you did when you first met me"

Kagome blushed slightly "I couldn't help it your ears were so cute!"

Inu Yasha smiled as he continued, "he told me his name was Kyoto and I told him my name as well. He told me he wasn't afraid of hanyous so I shouldn't be afraid of him. He promised not to tell anyone about me and he kept it too, it was the first real promise anyone had ever kept for me. We quickly became best friends. I was so happy! For the first time in my life I had a real friend, one that cared about me. We were inseparable for a time, playing with his home made toy swords and doing things regular little kids would do, and thats when it happened!"

"When what happened?" asked the others who were watching from afar. Each one more curious than the other. But they all knew better than to ask aloud.

"When what happened, Inu Yasha" said Kagome.

"A few strange deaths started to occur, and every time someone died, a claw mark was found on their neck. Kyoto knew that the only one who had claws was me, so every time someone died he would interrogate me. For the first time he questioned my faithfulness, testing to see if I was a danger to the village. I told him over and over again that it wasn't true, and it wasn't. But each time a new villager died, his trust in me was weakened more and more until one day it broke like a thread burned by fire. His family was slain by the same clawed creature. He was the only one left in his entire family line. He was convinced I had been the one to kill his family and had spared him because he was my friend. I tried to explain that I would never kill his family on purpose but he wouldn't believe me and was convinced that I had strung him along the whole time with the friendship thing. After that he told everyone about me and spent the rest of our days together tormenting me with the other boys of the village. They beat me until I was numb and drowning in my own blood everyday. Finally we couldn't take it anymore and fled the village. I remember that just as we were leaving, he shouted out to me that he wouldn't rest until I was destroyed and that one way or another he would find me."

He looked up at Kagome and saw her tear filled eyes. She started crying so much it was as if she were the one being hunted by Kyoto. "Kagome? What's wrong?" he asked her, he hadn't meant to make her cry.

'Oh Inu Yasha" Kagome said, sobbing still "the thought of your first real friend betraying you is so sad I can't bear it! It makes me feel like I'm the one being hunted by Kyoto" she began to cry harder.

Inu Yasha stretched out his arms toward her as the eavesdroppers stiffened, waiting to see what he would do. Would he embrace her? Maybe. Would he kiss her? they hoped so! They watched attentively as Inu Yasha wrapped his arms around Kagome and held her close, "he wasn't my first true friend Kagome" he said comfortingly, "you were" he felt Kagome stiffen, he could feel her heartbeat against him pounding faster and faster and simultaneously, his heart began to beat faster. Their hearts were in perfect sync as they embraced and both didn't want to let go of the other. The party of eavesdroppers sighed happily at the scene displayed before them. It was so cute when Inu Yasha and Kagome had nice moments like this. Little did they know that they weren't the only eavesdroppers, not by a longshot.

Somewhere deep in the forest stood a single lonely cave, it was a fog gray and had no signs of life inside whatsoever. In fact passers by would think nothing more of it than an old abandoned cave. But in truth something did inhabit that cave, something sinister, something evil. Something that could watch anything it wanted, and it was. It was watching Inu Yasha and Kagome at this very moment from the safety of his cave. (You know who it is right? if not its Kyoto! For the love of inu yasha i hope you knew that) That's it Inu Yasha he thought to himself butter her up, pretend to be her friend and betray her, just like you did to me. There has to be some way to destroy him for what he did to me! There has to be some way to avenge the truth! Inu Yasha pretended to be my best friend, he was quite sincere to boot, then he started killing villagers, stringing me along and telling me he had nothing to do with it when each time a new dead body was discovered his claw mark was found on each of their necks!! I trusted him too, until he slaughtered my family! That was the last straw! I swear to you Inu Yasha, I will hunt you down and destroy you!!!! But how! How can I destroy you, you pathetic hanyou!?!? Bah, the more I try to think of how, the more I get stumped. He stood up and walked over to a cabinet of shelves (I know I know, a cabinet in a cave? Hey you try thinking of some where better!) he began pulling things out randomly and pondering whether or not it would help him in any way. No, no, NO! he mentally yelled at himself as he continuously pulled out things like spell books and potion recipes from the cabinet. He kept pulling until he came to an old dust covered book at the back of the cabinet. He took it out and blew the dust off of it. He remembered when his old man had given the book as a child. He had said that the old sorcerer Deikai had given it to him. Gingerly he opened the book, turning each page more excitedly than the last. He remembered when his father had explained the importance of the book to him. Don't ever use unless you have to his father had said the consequences will be great if you blindly use its power. He remembered it as though it were yesterday. Details of the conversation were so vivid in his mind mainly because they were the last words ever spoken to him before his father was slain. Before that pathetic hanyou slaughtered him! He thought bitterly, rage growing stronger and stronger inside him. I think father would approve of this use of the book's power he thought to himself and began flipping through more of the books fragile pages until he came to the last page. His eyes lit with evil as he skimmed the page. "That's it!!!!" he said aloud joyfully.