Kagome stalked through the woods.
"That jerk," she muttered to herself.
She was walking away from Inuyasha. She could hear him crashing around behind her.
"Kagome! Get back here! I didn't say you could leave!"
"Inuyasha... Sit!" She heard a crash deep in the forest and kept walking.
She was almost to the well when she sensed it. Jewel shards close by! And so many!
A man in a baboon coat stepped out from behind the trees.
"Inuyasha won't be able to save you this time, human. He can't smell me through the barrier, nor can he sense my demonic energy."
"Naraku!" Kagome drew a arrow from the pouch on her back. She released it, aiming straight for Naraku's heart. A young maiden stepped out of his shadow and snatched the arrow out of the air. It disintegrated in her fingers. A priestess.
"So this is all the reincarnation of Kikyo has to offer me."
But Kagome had eyes for the maiden only.
"Kikyo..., how could you? Working with Naraku? This evil being? What about Inuyasha? He loves you Kikyo!"
It pained Kagome to speak these words, but she spoke them because they were true.
"That filthy half-breed isn't worth my time," Kikyo said.
"Yeah, and this filthy half breed is so much better!" said Kagome, nodding her head in Naraku's direction.
Naraku was upon her before she knew what had happened.
"Insolent wench!"
His fingers wrapped around her neck, cutting off the air to her lungs. She struggled against him, but it was no use. She was dying, wasn't she?
"Inuyasha..." A single tear rolled down her cheek.