Unknown Love
By Temperamental Kagome
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Chapter One.5: Sighting of The Dead Miko, Kikyo

I don't own Inuyasha. Unfortunately enough. If I did, Inuyasha and Kagome would already be together, with a little bit of Sango jealousy teeheehee.

"What . . . what was that?"

"What was what?" Inuyasha asked, happily chugging down his ramen (AN: God the boy eats fast ;.;). Sango was out with Kirara and Shippo to see if they could find Miroku while Kagome and Inuyasha stayed in an abandoned hut nearby. Kagome wanted to smack him. DUH. Seriously . . . how could he miss it? Did he not care anymore?

"My Kami! Sango-chan, duh!" Kagome shouted.

"Oh, right. Well, she needed help. Would you rather I let her die?"

"She's a perfectly good slayer! She can take care of herself!" What was wrong with him?

"Kagome, do I sense . . . jealousy?" What was wrong with her?

"Inuyasha, you . . . you . . . Kami, no! This isn't Kikyo we're talking about!"

"Maybe not," Inuyasha announced, and he pointed behind Kagome, "but that . . . well, that is."

"That's what?"

"That's Kikyo," the un-un-un-un-un-dead (AN: teehee I had to do that xD) miko declared from behind Kagome. Kagome turned her head around slowly to face her. Great. This was just perfect.

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"Looks like your plan's failed."

"What do you mean?" Naraku asked, "tell me!"

"Kikyo!" Kagura replied, "she's there early! You know what she's going to do? She's going to tell him! She's going to tell him because he's Inuyasha!"

"Bring Kanna," Naraku demanded. "Show me the situation."

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"No luck!"

"And we can't go any further!" Shippo exclaimed in despair. No luck finding Miroku, and if they went any further they'd be too far from Kagome and Inuyasha. They'd told the two they'd stay within a certain area in case of an emergency.

"We'll have to go back," Sango said, already directing Kirara where to go to return to the hut. "Nothing else we can do, really."

"Unfortunately," agreed Shippo.

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"K-Kikyo..." was all that the poor hanyou could sputter out. Well, he did better than Kagome. She remained speechless. "Kikyo... why are you here?"

"I was supposed to do something for Naraku . . . ," Kikyo said, calm as ever, "but I've came to warn you, and Kagome. He's not dead."

"But I got his shard!" Kagome shouted.

"He has more than one," Kikyo replied. "Inuyasha, I think you and your friends are the only ones who can beat Naraku. I will even help if it's needed to finish that (name that should never even have been invented) off." The miko turned her back, her tresses flowing in the cold wind that was blowing into the hut, about the exit the building.

"Kikyo, I . . . -" Inuyasha started. Kikyo turned around with a smile and cut him off.

"Inuyasha," she started, "don't worry about me. I respect your feelings for my reincarnation."

The two were too dazed to even respond as she left the hut. Once they did recover, however, Kagome turned her back to Inuyasha.

"Now what, Kagome? Seems like something's always wrong with you!" Inuyasha shouted, "Kikyo said you're free to go! So what's the problem?"

"You and Sango!" she retorted back at him without turning.

"Me and . . . ?" Me and Sango? . . . I guess . . . I guess I have been a bit . . . no, I can't love her . . . I've always been tied between those two, and I couldn't even love them-how am I feeling love for Sango? The slayer? The woman I barely even know?

"Yes, you and Sango!" Kagome shouted, "It's really obvious, Inuyasha! You couldn't miss it, even from five miles away!"

"Have I really been . . . ?"

"Yes, you have! I'm going home!" Kagome stood without facing him, picked up her nearby yellow backpack, and walked out the door. Inuyasha followed her.

"Go away!"

"I can't!"

"Leave me alone, Inuyasha!"

"There's plenty of youkai and things out here that could attack you at any moment! What am I supposed to do?"

"Act like you have been lately! Care for my best friend, the slayer, that's perfectly fine without you, where as I, actually need your help!" She shouted back, without turning. "SIT!"

"Kagomeeeeee!"

"I'M LEAVING YOU, INUYASHA!"

"WE'VE NEVER EVEN BEEN TOGETHER? HOW CAN YOU LEAVE ME?"

"SIT!"

"Mooorrrrooooonnnnn . . . ! . ! . !"

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Sango jumped from Kirara once she saw Inuyasha lying face-down on the ground. She assumed it was something-rapid-fire sits.

"What d'you suppose he did now?" Shippo asked Kirara.

"Mreaow..."

"I have to agree with you on that one . . ."

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"Inuyasha, are you okay?" Sango asked.

"She hates me," Inuyasha muttered.

"Might wanna talk when I can actually hear you . . ."

"SHE HATES ME!" Inuyasha shouted as he stood fully upright. "SHE HATES ME BECAUSE I'VE BEEN NICE TO YOU!"

I did this . . . ?

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"I told you this wouldn't work . . ." Kagura muttered to her 'master'.

"Yet again you've looked on your side only, Kagura," Naraku replied, "he's made friends with Kikyo again."

"But she told him . . . !"

"The important thing here is, Kagura, he's made friends with her. And he doesn't necessarily know where we are . . . ," Naraku said as he looked around the area, flowers and bright green grass everywhere.

"He'll never suspect here," Kagura replied. Naraku? Flowers? Maybe this is a good hiding spot for now . . .

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In case you don't know, I'm merging with n00dle under the pen name: tK-n00dle. I will still finish this story, but I won't be able to update as fast because I've been busy. And once I DO finish this story, I'm abandoning this account for that one :)