A/N: Thanks for the complements. I also want to take this time to apologize to Kikyo. Sorry for making you out of character. I only did it for the benefit of the story.

InuYasha stared up at the night sky, perched in his favorite tree, thinking as he always did when he was alone. He glanced back toward Kaede's hut, keeping an eye on the small dwelling. He was sure that Kagome was safe inside, but it didn't hurt to check. One of Kikyo's soul stealers suddenly flew by; she was calling him. InuYasha sat in a state of uncertainty. He wanted to see what she sought, however, he could not bring himself to leave Kagome unprotected. More of the snake-like creatures soared by, continuing to beckon him. He finally couldn't take it anymore and followed after them.

'Forgive me Kagome.'

InuYasha soon found himself in a clearing a small distance away from the hut.

Kikyo stood there in silence as she waited for him to approach her.

"What do you want from me?" he asked her calmly.

She shot him a penetrating stare. "InuYasha, why would you ask me something like that? I merely wish to see you. After all, I haven't seen you in so long." She walked up to him, swarming over him in a sweet embrace. "Don't you miss this?" she asked him. "Don't you miss being with me?"

InuYasha was speechless. He hadn't expected this. "I don't know what you want me to say," he finally managed to tell her.

"Say that you still love me and won't let me go." She pulled him closer.

He sighed. "I can't. I'm sorry Kikyo." He tried pushing her away, but she only pulled him closer to her.

"Don't say that, InuYasha," Kikyo pleaded. She pressed her cold lips to his.

InuYasha couldn't help it; he deepened the kiss. His heart began to ache with guilt as he did.

Kagome watched to two from behind a nearby tree. She could feel herself beginning to cry. She had come out here looking for InuYasha after he had suddenly disappeared, only to find that he had betrayed her. She turned away, heading back to the hut, unable to watch this anymore.

InuYasha finally was able to push Kikyo away. "Stop," he said. "I can't do this. I love Kagome."

Kikyo glared menacingly at him. "She is just my reincarnation, a mere copy of me. What you're really saying is that you're in love with me."

"Kagome is my responsibility," he said simply, turning away from her without a second glance.

Kikyo smirked. If all had gone well, Naraku had been able to get Kagome enlightened with the kiss she and InuYasha had shared.

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InuYasha walked back into the hut, not making a sound. He sat down against the wall, watching Kagome. He knew that he had done wrong tonight by going after Kikyo in the first place. If she ever found out, he was sure he'd be 'sat' into the next millennium.

Kagome suddenly turned around to face him, tears in her eyes. She stared at him harshly.

"Did I wake you?" he asked, a little apprehensive of her stare.

"No," she said calmly. "I've been awake. But, let's not talk about me, let's talk about you. Where have you been?" Kagome was glaring at him now.

"I was..." He couldn't bring himself to tell her. "I was outside." He closed his eyes in anticipation, exhaling sharply.

"Outside with Kikyo," Kagome said, finishing his thoughts. "I saw you with her. What the hell were you thinking?"

InuYasha ignored her question. "What were you doing alone outside?"

She groaned. "Why do you even care?" she asked him. "You have your precious Kikyo. What do you need me for?"

"Kagome, if you really witnessed my talk with Kikyo, then would know tha-"

She cut him off. "Your talk? That's not what it looked like to me. I can't believe you would go and kiss her, after all you and I have been through!" Kagome turned away defiantly. "Just go! I don't want to be around you!"

"I'm not gonna leave you! I made that promise!" InuYasha said forcefully. "Besides, if that's all you saw then you don't know the half of it!"

"I didn't need to see the rest of it to know what was going on! You kissed her!"

"I did not kiss her, damn it! She's the one that came on to me! I was trying to pull away!

Kagome rolled her eyes. "That's a lie, and you know it! I know what I saw, and if you're going to lie about it, then leave!"

"Bu-" He stopped himself. Kagome was right; it was a full-out lie. After all, he was the one to kiss Kikyo back. Depite all that had happened, he still found it hard to forget the priestess.

"Just go! I don't want you with me anymore!" Kagome was now on the verge of tears as InuYasha finally got up to leave.

He walked out of the hut without saying another word.

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Kikyo stared into Kanna's mirror anxiously. "So," she said. "My little charade worked after all. Now Kagome thinks that InuYasha has betrayed her, and she has sent him away. What a perfect opportunity to get her alone long enough without him interfering."

"I must say, your plan is well thought out," Naraku observed from the corner.

"Just wait until we get to the next phase," Kikyo told him.

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Sango tapped Kagome on the shoulder. "I hate to be nosy, but all the yelling did wake me up. What's going on?" she asked.

Kagome began to cry immensely into Sango's shoulder. She was unable to speak for a short while. "InuYasha and I had a fight," she sobbed out. "I told him leave, and he actually did. Now, I'm alone and I don't know what I should do. He told me before that he would stay with me as long as I wanted him to. I told him that I didn't want to be with him anymore, but I was lying. I was just upset, and now he's gone."

Sango hugged Kagome, trying to comfort her. "I'm sure he'll come back. I mean, when you're in your time he's always moping around. Face it, he can't live without you, and I don't think he'll be willing to try."

"But, he has Kikyo," Kagome cried. "He doesn't need me."

"He had Kikyo then too," Sango reassured her. "He could've gone looking for anytime he wanted to while you were gone, but he chose to wait for you."

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InuYasha sighed as he walked along the forest floor. Kagome didn't want to be with him. What else could go wrong today? He turned around sharply, suddenly sensing an evil aura, one that suspiciously seemed like Naraku's. It was heading the way he had come from.

'Kagome!'

A/N: That was chapter eleven. I wanted to make it longer, but right now that would be impossible. I'll update soon. Bye bye.