1Inuyasha had just finished eating his tasty Ramen when he saw Sango walking back out of the woods fuming.

"Oi...Sango, what's up? What's got you so pissed off now?" Inuyasha inquired.

"I dunno why don't you go ask Miroku and Kagome they seem pretty happy about it!" It only took a hot minute for Inuyasha to try to figure out what Sango was trying to say. He tore off through the woods towards where Sango had come from. He was gonna tear Miroku's throat out if there was something going on. He got to the place where he smelled their mixed scent and neither of them were there. He couldn't figure out what was going on.

"What will you do now, Inuyasha?" A familiar voice from a distance said. One word.

"Naraku..." he huffed "Where's Kagome!"

"What? I figured after she kissed the monk you wouldn't want her anymore isn't that right?"

'She kissed Miroku?' "This is just one of your tricks Naraku, she would never kiss Miroku."

"Care to ask her for yourself?" Naraku asked .

"Take me to her you bastard or I'll rip you limb from limb!"

"Fine, wish granted..." he said in delight. Naraku took Inuyasha back to his castle and led him down stone corridors that led straight down to the dungeon, the chill in the air made Inuyasha shiver. Naraku led him down past the cells to the last chamber on the right.

"There...there is your girl." Naraku pointed out. Inuyasha went to rip his heart out of his chest but he only grabbed thin air, Naraku was gone.

"Damn it!" He looked at Kagome shackled to the wall next to Miroku

'Did she really kiss him?' He asked himself. Just then the shackles unlatched and Miroku and Kagome crashed to the ground. Kagome landed on top of Miroku. He was still bleeding from the wounds he had acquired from Sango.

"KAGOME!" Inuyasha screamed. She slowly open her eyes and lifted her head up to see...

'Inuyasha'... "INUYASHA!echoes" she couldn't lift her body up to walk, her strength was zapped when she was fighting Naraku for air.

"Inuyasha...leave...it's a trap! He wants you here...he won't let you leave!"

"I need to ask you something Kagome..." she looked at him strangely.

"Did you really kiss Miroku?" The words echoed in her mind, she couldn't breathe, she couldn't speak, the tears came. She didn't have to say a word, the silence was enough confirmation for him.

"What does it matter Inuyasha, how many times have I caught you with Kikyou...doing more than kissing?" She ripped into him. That was the truth but he still was filled with rage and felt betrayed.

"Inuyasha, please escape while you still can!" Kagome pleaded. He couldn't even move, he wanted to hurt the already injured Miroku, very badly.

"Miroku how could you?" He couldn't bring himself to say Kagome so he just blamed it all on Miroku.

"Inuyasha, I kissed him, he didn't kiss me..." The awful truth, it would be so much easier to deal with if Miroku had kissed Kagome and not the other way around. Kagome pulled herself off of Miroku. She rolled him over to see if he was ok. The bleeding had finally ceased, but he looked pale and he was cool to the touch. His breathing was shallow but steady. She held his head in her lap and gently ran her fingers through his hair. She did love Inuyasha but deep down was her fondness of Miroku that grew over time. The things she admired about him, his faith, his steadfastness, his humor, his intellect, his optimism which had recently took a dive.

"Kagome...I ...I...I lo...ve...I love you...but I can't just get rid of Kikyou you know that...I made a promise to her..." She couldn't believe what she was hearing and seeing.

'Is Inuyasha crying?' Miroku started to wake up, his head tossed around a bit and then his eyes fluttered open. The first thing he saw was Kagome, but where was he? This place?

"Kagome? Thank God you're okay." He went to touch his face and then flinched in pain when he touched his cut. He turned his head and saw the bars and then saw what was immediately behind the bars, 'Inuyasha.' He quickly lifted himself off of Kagome.

"Inuyasha, where are..." Miroku was abruptly cut of by Inuyasha

"Don't speak to me lecher, how could you? How could you let Kagome kiss you?"

A booming voice from out of nowhere said...

"That's not the question at all you stupid mutt...you should be asking if he liked it.."

Inuyasha squinted, he didn't care, he could see that Naraku was trying to get him to turn against his friends. He wouldn't let him, he loved Kagome and even Miroku. Miroku was one of his dearest friends, the only real male he could talk to and see eye to eye with. He took him under his wing a long time ago, he felt sorry that the guy would have to meet such an unfortunate fate so soon.

"Naraku, I don't care...come out and fight me! You filthy bastard! I'll get you just yet!"