Authors note: I don't own Inuyasha. DAMN!

I know I haven't updated in…like three years but, I decided to stop being lazy. So happy birthday to everyone who actually reads my stories. Here you go!

Morning came too quickly for her. Sleep still pulled at Kagome's eyes. The night before had left her with too much on her mind. For the first time throughout all of her adventure she was terrified. Demons that were thirsty for blood were no where near as scary as the thought of losing …him.

'Why am I so scared? I'm being silly. I mean the dream wasn't real. So why is it still on my mind?'

Something in the back of her mind told her it was because it could have actually happened. It's not like Kagome hadn't seen different variations of her dream become reality. She had seen them kiss before. She had seen him make promises to Kikyo before. But, she had never seen him say she was a …tool.

'Am I a tool to him? He never said that I was just here to hunt shards. But he also never said that I wasn't just here to hunt shards either. So what am I? What am I to you, Inuyasha?'

Kagome looked up at Inuyasha who was walking ahead of everyone else. Inuyasha could feel her eyes on him so he turned his head to look at her. What he saw made him stop dead in his tracks. Kagome looked like she was broken. She seemed kind of dead on the inside. Her face had an almost pitiful look on it. And her eyes were full of sorrow.

"Kagome…" Inuyasha almost whispered her name. He was in such a shocked state he couldn't get his voice to work any better.

Putting on the fakest smile Inuyasha had ever seen she answered him in a sweet syrupy tone.

"What is it, Inuyasha?" The smile was still plastered on her face.

"Are you ok?"

"I'm fine! I was just daydreaming that's all." She turned away from his questioning gaze and continued to walk past him.

'I'll never let him know. I'm promising myself that right now. I'll never tell him how much it really hurts to see Kikyo. After all, he's in love with her. I was foolish to think I could change that.'

"Kagome, can you sense any jewel shards? Rumors say that there's one around here." Inuyasha tried to erase the image of a broken Kagome from his mind.

"Well…ummmm. Let me see. No I don't sense one."

"Keh…Damn it." A very frustrated hanyou started to swear to himself. "Thanks anyway" He almost spat the words sarcastically back at her. But, he didn't realize what he was setting himself up for.

"That's what I'm here for." Kagome set her trap and waited to see if a certain dog eared boy would walk straight into it.

"yea." Inuyasha said not even knowing what he had just done.

'So its true then, Inuyasha. I'm your jewel shard hunter. I'm your tool and nothing more. You can no longer have my trust. I'm sorry but I can't trust you, Inuyasha. Not when your using me like this.'

The rest of the day went relatively smooth. No one even seemed to notice that she hadn't been talking at all. Or at least that's what she thought. But, no matter how idiotic Inuyasha could be he still noticed that something wasn't right.

'Kagome…your scent is different. Its full of sadness. What's going on with you lately?'

Author's notes: This is kind of short. But, hey! I'm making an effort right? Please please please review me. I love to hear from my readership. I love you guys! cries tears of joy