A Change

Chapter 4-Leaving

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A soft and smooth voice called out a soft wakening to her traveling companions, "Good Morning Everyone! It's a beautiful morning, don't waste it sleeping!"

Sango turned her face into the sleeping bag she was borrowing from Kagome, she mumbled something about sleeping longer but rose anyways. Knowing that Kagome wouldn't stand for it. Miroku was already up and heading to find the nearest place to get some fresh water. Which was only about five minutes away.

Shippo, on the other hand got to sleep longer. Kagome's excuse was that he was still a child and needed all the rest he could get during the night. Yet, he woke up not even ten minutes after Kagome made her announcment to wake up.

Though Kagome did not notice that. For she was trying to wake up the infamous hanyou. She was leaning over him and saying, "Inuyasha! Innuuuyahsaaaa, wake uuuup . . " His eyes did not even make the slightest movement of flitting under his eyelids. So Kagome blew in his ear. They flattened down like when something is to loud, but nothing else happened, Kagome sniggered, "I guess he had a busy night." Everyone looked at Kagome funny, Sango then smiled while Miroku and Shippo stayed surprised she wasn't pissed off at Inuyasha.

Kagome's eyes lit up, "I know!" She looked around quickly and found her empty water bottle, "I'll be right back!" She stood up and rushed towards the river. Sango and and Kagome exchanged looks, Sango laughed.

Not fifteen minutes later, any demon in a 500 feet distance could hear the Inu hanyou scream out in shock, coldness, and confusion. Kagome, Sango, Shippo, and Miroku were laughing so hard they had tears rolling down there cheeks.

Inuyasha huffed, "Ka-go-me! I'm going to kill you!" Kagome jumped up and booked it through the woods until she found the river again. Inuyasha was right behind her in a mad rush to get her, he smirked at the thought that he caught her, for she had no way of getting away, but then Kagome jumped into the river. Fully clothed and swimming accross the river.

"What's the matter Inu-chan! Did I outsmart the big baby, who can't get up in the moring." Kagome said making a pouting face as she made a baby imatation of Inuyasha.

By then Shippo, Sango, and Miroku had caught up with them. Seeing Kagome in the water and Inuyasha standing there, they only guessed. They all started laughing again.

Inuyasha mumbled something, then stalked away looking very upset. Kagome laughed at him, "What a big baby. You would think you would just jump in. That's what I thought. But, oh well! He'll get over it!"

An hour or so later, Inuyasha came stalking into the grounds around the nice picnic area Kagome had chosen fro them to spend a relaxing day. He watched everyone go about there things. Miroku was in a meditating area where he spent his hours soothing his frustrated mind. (A/N: You know! Naraku and his wind tunnel! Very frustrating if you ask me."

Sango was near the the edge of the woods, repairing her weapons to top shape. As Kirara was laying comfortably near Sango. Shippo was sitting on a blanket with his sketchbook, colored pencils, markers, and crayons. A couple pieces of candy were at the side of him.

Kagome was near a nice little area she was planning to use to start a fire to make lunch. She had books sprawled out, blankets and sleeping bags folded and ready to be put in her bag, and other useful things they might need in the future.

"Feh," Inuyasha leaped into the tree he was standing next to and started brooding like any other ordinary day. Kagome noticed this and sighed.

"He'll never do anything other than brood!" She decided to forget about her frustration, and go back to studying her plants and herbs.

"Hey, wench!" Inuyasha called out like an annoying flea looking for blood, "When are you going to make me some food!" Sango, Miroku, and Shippo all looked to Kagome.

Kagome fumed, "My. Name. Is. NOT. wench," she suddenely turned and looked at Inuyasha with a very sugary face plastered on, "And, Just for that, you'll make your own lunch Inuyasha." Her grin widdened at that statment.

"B-but, but . . . I can't cook," He looked petrified.

"I guess your screwed then," Kagome giggled, and turned around quickly, Skipping off to get some of the water she brought back from her adventure earlier that morning. Plucking a pot to boil water in she 'pranced' back to the fired Sango started up just minutes before.

As Kagome was cooking, Inuyasha disapeared, "Jesus, he's getting to be the biggest baby in freeking fuduel Japan." Miroku's lip twitched, and Sango laughed.

"What has gotten into you lately Kagome-Chan?" Sango asked, "Poor Inuyasha has been picked on like a little five year old at a festival who wore old tarnished Kimonos.

Miroku, giving up his attempt at meditating, decided to join in, "What the hell is his problem anyways?" Kagome laughed knowingling.

"I yelled at him about a week ago. He came over and I was fed up of him being a jackass to I chewed him out. He gave in and walked away with his ears flat on his heads." Shippo sniggered at that.

In the late evening Inuyasha returned looking haughty as ever, he walked straight up to Kagome and glared at her,

Kagome looked up at him, "What?" She blinked, as Inuyasha took a deep breath, looking as if he were to give her a long lecture on how to treat him.

"What the hell did I do?" Kagome looked very confused, "He just seem to feel that it's time to yell at me for no fucking reason?"

"Uuum... no. I just got tired of you always being right there. Everywhere I turned you were there. You were a like a stalker." Kagome replied.

Sighing Inuyasha looked very inpatient, "It needs to stop. I can't let you be in control. It will ruin my image as a Hanyou with power over anyone.

Kagome snorted, "You're such an egotist! I like how I feel. You cannot control me anyways. So even if you try. You'll fail miserably!"

"Then go home! For good!" Sango's head turned so quickly, she could have goten whiplash. Miroku cursed, and Shippo sat there, very confused.

Kagome's mouth dropped open, "Your not serious are you?" Inuyasha looked thoughtful to what he just said. He didn't reply right away.

Inuyasha sat down, with his eye's closed, "I don't know . . " Everyone visibly calmed a little bit. Yet, Kagome didn't, she knew what she had to do.

"Well I do know what I want, and it's not happening here, so," She started packing up the things she had brought and stuffed them into her magenta backpack, "I'm leaving, not to go home, but to do this thing on my own," She looked over at Sango, Miroku, and Shippo, "I'll come and see you whenever I can."

Inuyasha looked as if he were to be sick, Sango looked terrified, Miroku didn't know how to react, and Shippo was in tears, "No Ka-gooo-meee! You can't leave me!"

Kagome went down on her knees and embraced Shippo with a might grip, "I'll come back and see you, Okay?" Shippo nodded and went to cry on Kirara. She looked over at Miroku and Sango, they both nodded knowingly. Then, she looked over at Inuyasha, she slowly approached him, launching herself in his arms, she cried out, "It's been fun," She went up on her tip toes and kissed Inuyasha lightly on the lips, "But you don't want me as much as Kikyo."

Pulling her backpack on her back she walked to the edge of the path, turned and waved at all of them, "I'll see you soon, my friends." With that she turned and started trudging through the forest path.

A/N:

I know it's short but I just got really impatient at how long it was taking me to write the chapter. But the next chapter Kagome will finaly cross path with Sesshy! WHOOT!

Please, If you like the story review! It gets me more excited to write the story!

Keiko