Authors note: I have big plans for this fic and I'm making sure I have the whole plot for the chapter planned out before I post it. Not just making it up as I go. I did that a bit in When World's Collide but NEVER DO IT! Ok, on with the chapter.

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Chapter 2: Mistrust Revealed

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Kagome started to walk. To busy thinking about how she was going to say everything to Inu-Yasha to notice another scent was near. She sighed. Abruptly she stopped. Kagome heard voices. Two voices she knew very well. Kikyou and Inu-Yasha were talking. Kagome slowly hid behind a tree watching the two. She knew it was coming soon but her heart still fell like a rock as it hit the bottom and smashed into a million little pieces. Like how Kagome had shattered the jewel before. Inu-Yasha was the arrow being shot from Kikyou's bow, making contact with Kagome and shattering her very heart. Kagome winced in pain a bit but stayed watching. It seemed the two were doing more kissing then talking. Inu-Yasha was kissing Kikyou's neck as Kikyou pulled Inu-Yasha closer.

"Have you told Kagome yet?"

Inu-Yasha stopped and looked at Kikyou.

"Not yet… soon… I promise… But you don't have to worry. She doesn't mean anything to me. You're the only one I care about, you're the only one I want to protect and be with… I'll never let you leave again."

Inu-Yasha hugged Kikyou once more and continued on Kikyou's neck. Kagome heard Kikyou groan a bit. Kagome decided she couldn't take it anymore and got up and left, tears falling down her cheeks. She only stopped when she reached the big tree where she had met Inu-Yasha. She cried softly as she spoke to herself and the tree.

"This is your fault. I should never have met him. I was a fool to fall in love. I should have known he could never love me. God, how I wish to make those words go away. How I wish to get rid of Inu-Yasha forever. But I can't. I must leave but where will I go? God, please help me make the right decision. I don't know when, but soon I shall leave to be on my own. My only wish is that you be with me and guide me to somewhere I belong."

She leaned up against the tree and fell asleep.

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Kagome awoke at dawn and went to the village where her friends were already waiting for her. Sango's eye's narrowed.

"Where's Inu-Yasha?"

Miroku smiled slightly.

"You two have fun last night?"

Kagome blushed slightly but also hated those words. Someone probably got busy last night, but it wasn't her.

"No, I never got to talk to Inu-Yasha. I, uhhh, got lost! So I decided to just rest and come home later. And so… I found you! I'm not sure where Inu-Yasha was."

"What about me?"

They all turned to see Inu-Yasha coming. A look of happiness in his eyes. Miroku stared at him.

"How did you get so much happiness?"

Inu-Yasha shrugged and they all started to head off. They walked for about an hour before deciding to stop for a bit. The whole way Kagome looked sad and wouldn't talk. Where as Inu-Yasha didn't notice because he was smiling the whole way. Sango was worried about Kagome. She went over and sat beside her friend.

"What's wrong Kagome? You haven't said a word all morning."

Kagome put on a smile.

"It's just I'm… still upset about being left alone…"

"Awww, that'll never happened! You'll always have Miroku and Shippou… plus Inu-Yasha will still be your friend…"

'That's not what he said.' Kagome thought, starting to sulk once more. 'And I won't be around for much longer. For some reason I feel as though something is going to happen. Something big. Kagome suddenly lightened up when she smelt a familiar scent and a pair of two jewel shards coming at them in lightning speed.

"Kouga!"

Kagome smiled happily but Inu-Yasha who had now sensed Kouga also was frowning. He still felt very protective over Kagome and no way would that dumb wolf get her. Kouga grabbed Kagome and smiled. He raised and eye brow at the excited tail waving violently back and fourth and the ears twitching.

"I got turned into a demon. But I'm ok with it… I guess… but I'm going to be here for the rest of my life because I can't go home… people wouldn't understand the ears."

Kouga smiled and nodded. Now she was stronger. An even better reason to have her. He had to admit. He loved her for being Kagome but still… she was giving everyone reason to love her. Kagome was outstandingly beautiful. She was educated. She was a lot more powerful then any of the other female demon's. And she was free. Well, she wouldn't be if Kouga kept her now.

"Kagome? Will you now be my woman?"

Kagome was going to open her mouth to reason with Kouga a bit about that but Inu-Yasha interrupted.

"Don't you touch her! She'd never be with you."

"What you'd expect her to go with you?"

"Well at least I am better then you!"

Kagome growled, her powers as a miko and demon reaching a terrifying height. The two forces scrapping together to form static power around her. Both men stepped back. Kagome stepped forward a bit towards Inu-Yasha. He was going to hear a mouthful from her.

"Inu-Yasha how dare you say that you're better then Kouga? He's probably a better person then you'd ever be. At least I know he wouldn't have another girl on the side and would be truthful to me." Inu-Yasha flinched. Kagome's words hurt. Sango's eyes widened. There was something about last night Kagome hadn't told her but she felt as though she'd find out now. Tears started pouring down Kagome's face. "I saw you last night with Kikyou, so I mean nothing to you? Not even as a friend? I despise you Inu-Yasha! And you couldn't even tell me you were back with Kikyou. For too long you have gone behind my back and lied to me about everything. For too long have I ever thought you were better. But I was wrong… I can't stand you anymore. To look at you makes me sick. Your voice makes me cringe. For too long have a waited for you to even act like a good friend." Kagome was breaking down now, but she wasn't over. She was sobbing. Everyone wads staring at her but not a one dared go to her for fear of being hurt by her power, which was still crackling around her. "And for too long have I ever thought you could change. I can't stay. And so I will leave. I don't know where I'm going and I wouldn't want you coming after me. Sango… you've been such a good friend… Miroku… you can be a perv but you have the brains to survive in this world…."

Sango brain started screaming no. Kagome was leaving for good. The odds of her coming back were slim. All because of Inu-Yasha.

"And Shippou, this isn't your fault and I'll miss you the rest of my life. Kouga I'll see you around." Kagome turned to Inu-Yasha once again sourly. "And I might take you up on your offer." And with that Kagome bolted. Taking her backpack with her.

"Kagome!"

Inu-Yasha ran after her. Even though he knew he shouldn't. He finally stopped. He had found Kagome but what she was doing scared him. Really scared him. He stepped back a bit. Kagome was holding an arrow in a bow, ready to fire straight at Inu-Yasha's heart.

"Kagome, you don't want to kill me." Inu-Yasha stated pleadingly.

"Of course I don't. I could never kill you. But pinning you to a tree would be good enough for me. Would it hurt you? Someone you trusted going behind your back? At least you'd know how I feel. How much torment I feel every time you were with Kikyou. I'd pin you to the tree, but this time out of real, pure hate. You disgust me. Now leave or else your fate will lie in that tree." Kagome nodded to a tree behind Inu-Yasha. Inu-Yasha took a step forward. She didn't know what she was doing. Kagome fired a shot just missing Inu-Yasha's right arm. "Next time, I won't miss. Now go." Inu-Yasha silently retreated obviously mentally hurt by what she had done. Kagome fell to her knees. Silently saying sorry to herself and Inu-Yasha. She started to cry. What had she nearly done? The demon part of her… wouldn't let him walk away. She couldn't be near him. Kagome just unknowingly left her life. She didn't have one anymore. She couldn't go back to her friends Inu-Yasha would be there. She couldn't go home, Inu-Yasha would wait by the well. She couldn't go to the village; Inu-Yasha might be there with Kikyou. She was dead. In a way, dead. She'd have to start a new life. She started to walk. She didn't know where to but she'd know when she got there.

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Miroku, Sango, and Shippou frowned when Inu-Yasha returned. Kouga had left to go to his den. Inu-Yasha looked very surprised.

"She… She… She tried to pin me to a tree!"

Miroku, Sango, and Shippou looked VERY surprised.

"That's not like Kagome, Kagome care's about you…"

"No she doesn't, she wouldn't if she saw what happened between me and Kikyou last night… I would hate me too…"

Their eyes got wider. Miroku grabbed Shippou and put his hands over his ears saying something about not something for children to hear.

"Inu-Yasha, what exactly did you do?" Miroku asked questionably. This was very interesting.

"I uhh, was actually kissing Kikyou and we were talking. Kagome must have heard me say that Kagome was nothing to me. We also, nearly, ummm you know. But I think Kagome left before that. Hopefully…"

Miroku went over and hit Inu-Yasha in the head with his stick. Making Inu-Yasha mutter something about deserving it.

"You are so stupid Inu-Yasha. How could you not know Kagome was there? How could you say Kagome was nothing to you? She is a very good friend of yours. It's not like she has to be a girlfriend."

Sango pushed Miroku out of the way. By now Miroku had let go of Shippou.

"Miroku is right. Do you even know why Kagome even went to you? Because she was going to tell you how she cared for you. How she knew you and Kikyou were going together and she was going to explain that she knew how you'd feel." Sango herself started crying about how her friend might feel at the moment. "She was going to say how she wanted to be good friends. How she wanted it all to work out… How could you be so un-thoughtful? And plus, you should have known better! You knew Kagome was a very sensitive place in life. She had to leave her family to live in a world she hardly knows… and she lost her best friend who had given her comfort and security. And it all happened at the same time."

Inu-Yasha's face sunk. That's why Kagome was there. He felt really bad. She understood and wanted to be friends. He had said she was nothing. But she was everything. And now she was gone because of his stupidity. Shippou jumped on his head and started hitting Inu-Yasha.

"How could you be so stupid? You Baka!"

Inu-Yasha sighed. How could he be so stupid? And she had the jewel shards so she wouldn't be safe. Or maybe she could handle herself? He didn't know what to do. No one else did either.

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Kagome heard screaming. She saw a snake demon attacking a little girl.

"I'm hungry and you can't defeat me little girl."

"No, she can't. But I can!" Kagome jumped in front of the girl and slashed the snake to bits. She turned to the girl who was stunned. When the little girl came back and realized the situation started to flinch.

"Don't eat me, mighty cat demon!"

Kagome laughed a little and went over to put a hand on the girls shoulder.

"I don't eat humans. And I'm not mighty. Are you all right? What's your name? And where do you live so I can help you get home safely."

The little girl nodded.

"My name is Sakura. I live in the village over there. I was playing but got lost. Soon the snake demon found me and was trying to eat me but you came. Thank you very much!"

Sakura turned to Kagome and hugged her by showing her appreciation. Kagome lovingly hugged Sakura back. She took her hand and started heading off to the village. When they reached the village a lot of the villagers started flinching and drawing back to get their weapons but the little girl stepped protectively in front of her rescuer.

"No, don't hurt her. She helped me. She's nice… she doesn't eat humans."

Sakura soon saw her mom and ran to her. Explaining what had happened. She pulled her mother over to Kagome.

"She won't hurt us!"

Kagome gave a hopeful smile.

"I give you my word I don't eat humans, on the contrary I eat human food. I love humans and helping humans for I used to be one my self until yesterday when a witch turned me into a demon. Please trust me for I have no place to stay. May I stay and help in your village for a few days?"

Kagome then bowed down in front of the woman. Everyone in the village who saw this knew that Kagome was sincere by the fact she was bowing down to a simple peasant. No demon would ever do that, ever.

"You may stay."

"Thank-you. My name is Kagome. And I wish to help."

The next few days as the village supplied her with food and shelter Kagome would protect the village from demons. Help with chores. Play with the children. And help the sick. She would do many other things. Everyone grew to love her. But on the third day she left. Smiling kindly before promising she would return one day and thanked them for all their kindness. The news of a helpful powerful demon soon swept across Japan. Even Inu-Yasha and the group heard about it. Missing their Kagome even more. Kagome walked off smiling at what she had done. She had not only been able to discover what jobs she could do and how to do them but, also people would not fear her for she was known to be kind and gentle. She grunted. She would never go back to Inu-Yasha. Never.

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Authors note: I'm done this chapter so muahahaha! Lol I must go to bed today is the 20th. But I'm going to check if there are any reviews tommorow (which I doubt) and I might answer questions if there are any…