Chapter 3

The sun shined through the trees leaving slight patches of light here and there. Kagome sat on a grassy knoll watching Shippou and Kirara playing some yards below her. She smiled at the cute sight when she was suddenly startled by a soft, "Hey". She turned around to see Inuyasha standing over her.

"Inuyasha!" was all she could say. She didn't expect to see him for a while. After a few seconds of silence she finally said, "I'm glad your back. We can start tending to your wounds."

"Keph! I've already started to heal. I don't need your silly medicine."

"Well, I'm glad your doing alright, but we'll still have to treat it." He just turn his head to the side and said nothing. "Inuyasha, how are you doing?"

"What? I just told you!"

"I wasn't talking about your wound on your side", she said quietly. He turned to look at her with surprise on his face. "I'm fine. I just needed to do some thinking."

"I'm sorry…"

"Sorry? What are you talking about?" He knelt down next to her to look at her eye to eye.

"I'm sorry Kikyo's… gone. I'm sorry I ran off from the group. If I would've stayed put, you could've been able to save Kikyo-"

"And you would've been dead", he interrupted, "Naraku attacked both of you on purpose. I don't blame her death on one else, but Naraku."

"I know, but I could've-"

"Kagome", he interrupted her again, "There is no reason why you should carry any guilt about Kikyo's death. I was the one who made her the promises I couldn't keep."

"You don't actually believe what Naraku said, do you?" He said nothing and just turned his face away from her soft eyes. Kagome's eyes began to fill with tears and Inuyasha turned back to see what was wrong with her.

"Kagome?" he asked her with concern in his voice. She turned to look at him with tears streaming down her face, "Inuyasha, I can't speak for Kikyo and I really can't say anything about all the promises you've made to her, but you've never broken your word towards me. Every promise you've made to me, you have kept", Inuyasha looked at her surprised, "So whatever you are thinking… Whatever type of person you've lead yourself to believe - It's not true!" she stopped a moment to sigh and calm herself down then continued, "Listen to me, Inuyasha, if you hadn't been able to keep your promises to Kikyo, it's not because of you, it's because of Naraku. Don't carry any guilt you shouldn't have to carry. You said it yourself… Naraku killed Kikyo; not you."

"Kagome", he said while sitting down next to her, "Don't worry about it anymore, alright?"

"I might not worry about it, Inuyasha, but I'll still worry about you." He looked at her again, a bit taken aback, not sure what to say. Then she added with a smile, "And besides, who would worry about you if I didn't?"

He frowned at her. "What the hell is that suppose to mean!"

"Nothing!" She got up and ran down the hill towards Shippou and Kirara.

"Hey! Come back! What the hell was that suppose to mean! Kagome! Kagome!" he yelled at her almost having an aneurism.