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Chapter Two: Sango and A Flashback

"I didn't mean to aim, but I didn't know if you were a demon who was after the jewel," Kagome answered, running to Sango's side. Sango had a slash on her arm while her weapon was the only thing supporting her. Kagome took out her first aid kit and began to treat Sango's arm.

"How is Kikyo?" The question made Kagome stop bandaging her arm. Kagome looked into Sango's eyes.

"She was perfectly healthy when I left. I left Kaede a first aid kit with medicines and such. She was so sad that she couldn't come with me," Kagome answered. She stood up and walked to the trees. Kagome picked up branches and sticks and carried them back. "I wish Miroku and InuYasha were here. It didn't take them long to start a fire." Sango nodded as Kagome piled the sticks in a pile that was ready for flame. Kagome looked at the watch her mother gave her the last time she was in her own time. It would be hours until sunset. "Where is InuYasha and Miroku anyways?'

"They were taken like me, but helped me escape. InuYasha told me to return to here for you. It was as if he knew you would show." Sango began to cry. Kagome set out the sleeping bag she had with her.

"Sleep is good for the body when hurt." Sango smiled.

"You have been learning from Kaede," Sango yawned as she laid down on Kagome's sleeping bag. Her eyes closed and Kagome was left alone. She smiled and looked to the sky. Her memory bank decided it needed to show another memory.

Flashback 3
Sango and Kagome had returned from the spring, laughing and carrying buckets of water. InuYasha and Miroku looked so angry. "What wrong with you two?" Sango asked, setting her bucket down next to Miroku.

"Nothing." InuYasha's muttering made Kagome frown.

"Right. Nothing with you is something wrong," Kagome replied. InuYasha looked at the sky for a moment and chuckled. Kagome smiled, knowing at what he was laughing at. It was her now banished sadness that made him laugh. Miroku still looked mad. Sango whispered in his ear and he stood up.

"Is there something you two are keeping from us?" Miroku demanded. InuYasha and Kagome looked at each other and then at Miroku.

"Like what?" Kagome asked.

"Like anything!" Miroku yelled.

"Well, we have NOTHING to tell you!" InuYasha shot back.

"You ARE hiding something!" Sango shouted.

"Stop yelling. It used to be quieter after Naraku died. I can't stand it," Kagome cried. She was thankful that Shippo had stayed with Kaede. Kagome looked at all of them, turned, and ran.

-What happened while she was running as InuYasha told her-

"Look what you did, Miroku," InuYasha said.

"Tell me what you are hiding," Miroku demanded, his eyes narrowing at InuYasha.

"All you need to know is that Kagome is very important to me, " InuYasha shouted, punching Miroku. Miroku landed on the ground with a thud. Sango knelt to his side.

"InuYasha, go after Kagome. Miroku is just, in Kagome's terms, PMSing," Sango replied. InuYasha nodded and ran to catch up with Kagome.

-Back to what Kagome remembers-
Kagome ran and ran. The darkness had already surrounded her and the trees seemed to attack her. She didn't care. Miroku and Sango had no business knowing what InuYasha and her do. The only latest thing was that second kiss in the clearing. They had only talked alone after that. She ran some more and stopped near a creek. She sat down and cried. Her salty tears ran freely to the ground. No one needed to bother her. She could just find her way home and return there for a while. Kagome wiped her face and looked at her reflection in the creek. Kagome smiled at the red-faced girl in the water.

"Kagome!" a voice rang through the trees. Kagome froze and hid behind a tree. "Come on, Kagome. I'll sniff you out and you know I will." Kagome's worried expression turned back into a smile. It was just InuYasha.

"Leave me alone. Right now, no one needs me and I don't need anyone," Kagome shouted out. She stayed still. InuYasha went to the side of the creek. He looked into the water.

"You don't anyone, huh?" InuYasha asked, his face dropping into a very sad looking face.

"Just not right now," Kagome answered, taking a step toward InuYasha.

"Is your life that bad here?" InuYasha asked, turning around and sitting down.

"It is not bad, but it isn't good either," Kagome answered, sitting down in front of InuYasha. "I love it here. I just don't think Sango and Miroku need to know what is going on in our personal lives. So what if we do this or do that. It would just be between us and no one else." InuYasha was silent as if he were deep in thought.

"I guess your era has more luxuries than here. Here is not really that bad when you think about it. Even though demons don't show as often in your time, but still. At least here you have me to protect you," InuYasha replied.

"I can protect myself. I maybe in more danger thanks to the jewel, but I can still protect myself," Kagome argued. InuYasha chuckled. "What was that for?"

"I don't know. Here we are talking about life and how Miroku and Sango should leave our love lives alone and I say something that makes me happy. You just attempt to destroy one of the great things in my life." Kagome looked shocked. "Shocked that protecting you makes me happy? Well, it does. You should have seen Miroku's face after he danced with my fist."

"Why did you punch him?"

"Because he is always hitting on you and it pisses me off. He can't stand that you are taken. He also can't stand that Sango withdraws and then gets close to him. We were fighting about how he treats women while you and Sango went off and got water. He said, 'Kagome and you are acting strange. How do you treat her?' I told him it was nothing."

"Why didn't you tell me when I asked?"

"I didn't want you to worry that Miroku was taking interest in two different girls." InuYasha drew close. "While we are here, away from everyone else, what do you want to do?" Kagome smiled and InuYasha's hug enclosed around her. "You know I love you, right?"

"Hai, like I love you." Kagome and InuYasha stayed that way until dawn and Sango found them. She knew what was going on at an angle, but didn't let them know that.
End of Flashback 3

Kagome look at the still sleeping Sango and started the fire. It was going to be hard to protect them both by herself. Maybe InuYasha was right. She would rather be protected by InuYasha and have him happy, than protect herself with arrows and such. Kagome shook her head. Her miko powers wouldn't fail them now. She tended to the fire until Sango awoke.

"Kagome, why are you still up?" she asked.

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