Author's note: hey! I back with a brand new chappie! Don't forget to check out my other story Love Conquers All (which I'm busily working on) I like love stories can you tell?? Lmao. Oh and if you're wondering how Inu Yasha is supposed to look like in his beast form, just think of him in his full demon state : - )

Chapter 3: Feelings of Love and Hate

Kagome sobbed on her bed. No, it wasn't her bed, it was her prison cell. She cried harder, part of her premonition had come true and she feared what would happen if the rest of it was true as well. Would she ever return home? One thing was for sure, she couldn't stay here with the very monster whose cold eyes and cruel face had haunted her every thought. She couldn't risk the rest of the premonition coming true. But how could she get out, it wasn't as though she could just walk out the door. After all, she had given that monster, Inu Yasha, her word that she would never leave. If she was going to escape, it would have to be undetected. She looked over to the huge glass doors that led to the balcony outside her room, then to the linen on her bed. Slowly, an idea formed in her mind. She quickly stripped the sheets off her bed and tied them together to make some kind of rope. Then she opened the doors to her balcony and tied one end of the rope to the edge. Carefully she then began to make her way down the rope. It was just long enough to reach the bottom and she quickly jumped down onto the grass. Standing, she looked up at the balcony, she had gone down quite far, but she was out. Now all she had to do was run home. She was about to sprint off but was suddenly stopped by another flash of the premonition, but this one gave her actual physical pain. The farther she got away from the castle, the more pain the premonition gave her! 'what's happening?' she thought as the pain washed over her like giant tidal waves. She was getting faint as the premonitions and the pain kept coming at her. She was shown the same visions over and over again, the face, that terrible face. And those eyes too, the cold eyes that had no happiness in them, but this time there was something different about them, they were full of sadness, like they longed for someone to comfort them. They were full of pain and torn feelings. By now she was in so much pain it felt like she was being ripped apart. It was as though the premonition wasn't allowing her to leave. It wouldn't let her escape the monster's clutches. "Help!" she called out weakly as she fell to her knees, the pain taking over. She tried to crawl back to the castle, hoping the pain would stop. But she couldn't move on account of the pain. Breathing heavily, she clutched her heart and feared for her life. Was she going to die? Was the premonition going to kill her? She fell to the ground, unconscious "help me" she called out in pain before she fell, but no one could hear her cries for help.

"Master?" Miroku asked as his master, Inu Yasha, paced by the open fire "have you considered…maybe…that this girl could be the one to break the spell?"

Inu Yasha stopped pacing to give Miroku an exasperated stare that seemed to say 'what do you think I'm doing right now?' "Of course I have!" he growled, continuing to pace "I'm not an idiot"

"N-no of course not" Miroku stammered nervously.

"Anyway" Sango continued for Miroku "If the girl is the one, then there are some improvements that must be made"

"Improvements?" Inu Yasha asked.

"Yes," Sango said "For example, if you want this girl to fall in love with you then you have to open your heart and have a little faith in her"

"What she means to say" Miroku continued "is that you have be kind to her, don't be afraid to show your sensitive side, the side that needs comforting and help"

"I don't have one" Inu Yasha snarled roughly as he looked away from the pair.

"This is exactly what we're talking about" Sango said firmly "you must be caring and soft, open your heart! You won't regret it"

"Where is she anyway?" Inu Yasha said after a moment's silence.

"I'll go tell her that dinner is ready and bring her back here" Sango said, opening the door that led to the hallway "in the meantime, think of ways to start a conversation with her, try to open your heart."

"Lady Kagome?" Sango said, as she poked her head into the mistress' room. Panning the room, there was no sight of Kagome. "Dinner is served and master Inu Yasha is waiting for you miss" she said looking into the bathroom to see if Kagome had taken a bath or something. But she was still nowhere to be found. Sango suddenly felt a cold breeze and looked over to the glass doors and the balcony. The doors were open! Sango hopped over to the balcony. Eyeing the rope of sheets she grew frantic, realizing Kagome had tried to escape! Looking over the edge of the balcony she saw the young girl lying unconscious on the ground below! "Lady Kagome!" Sango cried with concern as she too climbed down the rope to where Kagome lay. Examining her carefully to see if she was dying or already dead, Sango rolled her over onto her back and laid a hand on her chest to see if she could feel a heartbeat. To her happiness, she could feel a pulse! But it was faint and slow, indicating that Kagome's life was indeed coming to it's end! If Sango didn't get her inside quickly it would be all over for Kagome and the spell would never be broken. But Sango knew she couldn't do it by herself. She had to get master Inu Yasha to help her. So she quickly dashed inside again to find him.

"How am I supposed to open up to her if I've never even spoke to her before?" Inu Yasha asked "plus, I kept her prisoner here and threw out her father before they could even say goodbye. I'm not the most lovable person in her eyes right now."

"True it will take time for her to see your true self behind your beastly appearance" Miroku agreed "But that is why its crucial that the two of you connect, so she can see past your looks and see your heart of gold"

"I might as well not even try" Inu Yasha told his servant "you heard her yourself, she thinks I'm a heartless beast"

"Well if you have that kind attitude then it is hopeless" Miroku replied "you must show her your true self and above all, you must have faith and hope."

'Hope?' Inu Yasha thought 'Is it possible for me to feel such a thing after all these years of being alone?'

But he could not think about it anymore on account of Sango bursting in the room "Master…you must…save her…" She said breathlessly.

"Save who?" Inu Yasha asked.

"Lady Kagome!" Sango said, gaining her second wind "when I went to fetch her, I found that she had tried to escape by tying her bed linens together to make a rope and climbing down the balcony, but she must have slipped or something because when I looked over the edge of the balcony I saw her unconscious on the ground!"

"Is she okay?" Inu Yasha asked.

Sango shook her head solemnly "I felt her heartbeat, it's there but it's faint, if you don't go to her now she'll die!"

Inu Yasha ran out of the room, down the halls and into Kagome's room to see for himself. Sure enough, he saw the rope of linen and the unconscious Kagome on the ground. "KAGOME!!" He called out to her, hoping she would wake up. But when she didn't, he climbed down the rope and ran to her. Cradling her in his arms, he whispered her name softly "Kagome? are you okay?"

Kagome's pain was slowly fading, the premonition's hold on her life was slipping away. Inu Yasha's touch had healed her. The power of the visions could sense he was near and that Kagome would not be trying to leave for awhile so it ceased the pain that kept Kagome from waking up. Slowly, she slightly opened her eyes and looked up at Inu Yasha, who was staring her straight in the eyes with the most sincerest look of concern Kagome had ever seen anyone give her. "Inu…Yasha?" she said weakly.

Inu Yasha put his hand over her lips as he picked her up bridal style and began carrying her back into the castle. Setting her down by the fire he laid her head on his lap, stroking her hair gently. Sango and Miroku stared in wonder at the sight before them, there master had done as they said, he was showing his true feelings and opening his heart. "perhaps there's hope for us after all" Miroku said happily, smiling at the scene in front of him.

Later on

"then again maybe not…" Sango said as Inu Yasha yelled at Kagome for trying to run away.

"You gave me your word!" Inu Yasha yelled "you broke your promise!"

"I had my reasons!" Kagome shot back.

"Oh yeah?" Inu Yasha said arrogantly "well I would love to here them"

At this Kagome could only look away "you wouldn't understand even if I did tell you"

"Don't ever try to do that again!" Inu Yasha yelled "You could have died! It's a good thing Sango saw you!"

"Yeah well it's better than staying here where I'm yelled at 24/7!" Kagome shouted.

Inu Yasha lost his temper and grabbed Kagome roughly by the arm. He dragged her all the way to her room and through her in. He then closed the balcony doors and locked them tightly. He went to go out of the room but before he left, he said one last thing "don't run away again or I swear I'll kill you!"

Kagome kept a straight face until Inu Yasha left. After he was gone, she ran to her bed and sobbed once again. "Well that wasn't very smart was it?" said a female voice, though it wasn't Sango.

"Who's there?" Kagome said through her tears as she looked around the room trying to find out who had just spoken.

"Over here" the voice said again happily. Kagome's gaze wandered around the room until it fell on a wardrobe that was actually waving back at her!

"Huh?" Kagome gasped, walking over to it "How can…? You're a…"

"Wardrobe?" the wardrobe replied "yeah I know, odd isn't it?"

Kagome could only nod as the wardrobe smiled "My name's Ayumi" it said "don't be too surprised that I'm a household object, all the servants around here. Didn't used to be you know"

"What do you mean?" Kagome questioned.

"we all used to be human once upon a time" Ayumi explained.

"What happened?" Kagome asked "Why are you this way now?"

"You'll find out soon" Ayumi smiled "but in the meantime, why don't you take a look in my drawers and pick something out, I got lots of nice choices"

Inu Yasha stormed into his room "how dare that wench defy me!" he yelled out as he went into his own private chambers. He walked over to a glass table, on the table was a golden mirror and a blood red rose. He looked at the rose as a red petal fell to the ground and sighed, realizing that he was too harsh on her, no wonder she had tried to run away. If he kept this up there was no way in hell she would ever fall in love with him. He grabbed the mirror "show me the girl!" he demanded. He was immediately shown the conversation between Kagome and Ayumi.

"No thank you, I really prefer my own clothes" Kagome said smiling.

"You mean that old thing?" Ayumi said in an almost disgusted tone as she looked at what Kagome was wearing "It makes you look like a servant"

Kagome looked down at her dress, she had never thought it made her look like some kind of maid "come on the master picked these out just for you" Ayumi told her encouragingly

"If it's from your monster of a master then I definitely don't want it" Kagome said with a scowl.

"The master's not so bad once you get to know him" Ayumi said "and I think he really likes you. You got him to be nice and sweet for once in his life and believe me that's quite an accomplishment"

"Is it even possible for him to be sweet?" Kagome asked "he always seems so cold and heartless"

"well he's been through a lot in his life" Ayumi said solemnly "He's gone through more pain than we can even begin to imagine."

"he has?" Kagome asked surprised.

"what's so surprising?" Ayumi asked "you didn't think he was always so depressed did you?"

"Depressed? Are you kidding me?" Kagome said "he hasn't acted depressed with me, just mean"

"Yes well, I'm sure he'll come around" Ayumi said "just give him some time, get to know him a little"

"I don't know if I even want to get to know him" Kagome said "And I really don't think he cares about getting to know me either to be completely honest"

"says you" Ayumi chuckled "but I happen to know that if he really didn't care about you, he would have let you die out there"

"you know about that?" Kagome said, clutching her heart.

"Honey if something's a secret, it's not long before the whole castle knows about it" Ayumi laughed. Kagome laughed weakly as well "just give him a try, you may find u start to like him. Believe me, he needs you more than you think."

"you really think so?' Kagome asked.

"I know so." Ayumi replied.

"Well I could probably get along with him better if I knew why he was always so depressed like you say he is" Kagome said "maybe we could actually connect better if I knew"

Inu Yasha looked away from the mirror and put it down. 'I might as well give up' he thought to himself 'she'll never see me as anything but a monster'

"where are you going lady Kagome?' Ayumi asked as Kagome walked out the door.

"just stepping out for a minute" Kagome replied, "I won't be gone long"

Kagome walked out of her room and down the hall. Looking at the strange paintings on every wall she noticed a dusty staircase. Looking up she saw and even dustier door at the top of the stairs. 'I wonder' Kagome thought as she started to climb the stairs 'if that's the west wing?'

"Lady Kagome?" Miroku called out to her just as she climbed the first step.

"oh hello Miroku" Kagome said smiling.

"wh-what are you doing?" Miroku said nervously.

"just exploring the castle a little" Kagome grinned continuing up the stairs "it's my home now so I might as well know what's in it"

"Uh but there's nothing up there that's interesting to see" Miroku said uneasily as he hopped in front of Kagome's foot.

"Then there should be no problem with me being there" Kagome said happily as she stepped over Miroku.

"B-but don't you want to see something interesting my lady" Miroku stammered, trying to make Kagome change her mind "like the weapon room or the kitchen or the…the…library?"

At this Kagome gasped and whirled around "you have a library?"

"oh certainly" Miroku said delightfully "right this way"

Kagome partially followed him down the stairs before quietly turning around and sneaking back up 'sucker' she thought as she stealthily sneaked up the stairs. She walked up to the door and reached for the knob before hesitating. Something about what she was about to do almost made her feel scared. But she quickly shrugged it off and pushed her way through the doorway. She was greeted by another dark gloomy hallway 'hasn't this guy ever heard of the concept of light?' Kagome thought as she pressed on further and further. Then she came into yet another dark room. Trying to see what was in the room, she was suddenly greeted by a bright soft pink light. She walked over to where the pink light was coming from and discovered a glowing pink rose. She saw a blood red petal fall delicately to the ground and carefully picked it up. Brushing her fingers over it's velvety cuticle she tried to figure out what the significance of the rose was. Then her gaze wandered over to the mirror that lay beside the rose. Picking it up she looked at her own reflection and curled a stray strand of hair behind her ear. She then saw a dark figure in behind her and quickly whirled around to find the beast towering over her!

"I told you never to come here!" Inu Yasha yelled angrily at her, fangs bared.

Kagome backed away, frightened "I'm sorry…" she tried to say "I-I didn't know"

"silence!" Inu Yasha interrupted "Get out!!!"

"With pleasure!!" Kagome yelled back, hurt by Inu Yasha's quick judgement "I'd rather die than spend one more minute here with you!"

Inu Yasha seemed taken aback "what?"

"you're a heartless monster!" Kagome yelled "It's no wonder your servants are so frightened of you! It's a wonder they can even put up with you…you…hideous beast!!"

Inu Yasha's eyes widened as he tried to process what she was saying. He reached out to grab her wrist "Don't touch me!" Kagome yelled "I hate you!"

With this she ran out of the room. Inu Yasha could only stare in surprise as she left. When he realized what he had done he did something he had never done before, he cried. A single tear, just one, fell right down his cheek, over the purple scar and down the side of his mouth. He covered his face in shame as yet another petal fell.

Kagome rushed down the stairs throwing on her cloak and pulling open the oak wood door. "Lady Kagome where are you going?" Sango cried out as Kagome rushed past her and Miroku.

"Promise or no promise" Kagome yelled running out into the cold dark night "I can't stay here any longer"

"No!" Miroku called out to her "please wait!"

But Kagome had already began to run farther and farther from the castle. Kagome had only just gotten through the rot-iron gates when she got the wave of pain once again! "no!" Kagome yelled as she stopped in her tracks. The premonition would not let her leave once again "Leave me alone!" Kagome called out as though the pain would hear her and obey "please stop!"

Inu Yasha watched this from his open window. 'What is she doing?' he thought 'if she doesn't hurry up and run the wolves will be after her in seconds!'

To Inu Yasha's horror he was correct. Kagome clutched her heart and fell to her knees. Breathing heavily she heard a faint howl "oh no!" Kagome said to herself, still panting. She fell to the ground just in time to see many pairs of bright yellow eyes. Kagome gasped as the wolf pack from before stepped out of the bushes and they looked vengeful. 'I've got to get away fast!' Kagome thought, trying desperately to get up. But the pain wouldn't allow her to move! 'no' she cried out in her head as the pain relentlessly washed over her. She looked up to see one of the wolves lunge at her! "Inu Yasha!!!!!!" She cried out!

Author's note: wipes sweat from brow phew another chappie complete! Yay! Does Kagome die? Will she be able to get up and out of the premonition's grasp? Will Inu Yasha come and save her? Keep reading! Arigato to Ja ne!