What's most important

Author's Note: Sorry about my last chapter. I just realized it was really short. Well, sorry. I will try to make this one longer, but no promises. People got mad because my other story had chapters that were too long, so I didn't want to overdo it. Well, I hope you like it! Reviewer responses are below!

Disclaimer: Hmm…I own a shirt, some Star wars legos, a Mt. Mercy sock…Nope, sorry! No Inuyasha!

Arkynox: Thanks for the review! I know it was kinda short, and this one is too. Sorry! I don't want to make it too long, and I want to post quickly!

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Kagura just glared at the group before her, her echoing laughter fading through the forest. "Who said anything about the sword?" And with that, she jumped behind Inuyasha, and had a knife against Kagome's throat before he could comprehend what she meant. Inuyasha growled deeply, about to charge, but Kagura's taunting voice stopped him. "Come any closer and I'll make quick work of the girl." Inuyasha stopped, but continued growling. She thought, "Naraku's plan better work; Inuyasha better care for this girl. I don't want him coming after me!"

Kagome's eyes were wide and scared, watching Inuyasha and the others. "Why do they want me? I might be a shard detector, but I'm not that important to him… am I? No, I mean…I can't be…I…" her thoughts were cut off when Kagura pulled her away from her friends. Inuyasha stepped forward, but stopped when Kagura moved the knife closer to her neck. He stopped, growling. He was stuck to hesitating. He wanted to crush Kagura and destroy her, but he couldn't; she had Kagome. His Kagome.

"No…" he thought. "She's not mine. What am I thinking? She's not…I don't…darn it…" He growled, "Get away from her, Kagura!" He flexed his claws. Kagura flinched, moving the knife away from Kagome's throat. BAD IDEA. Kagome ducked the knife, and still clutching her arrow, drove it into Kagura's leg. Kagome felt queasy that she did such a thing, but she needed to get away. Kagura lunged toward Kagome, but Inuyasha was already there. He grabbed Kagura and dug his claws deep. Kagura screamed. She pulled out a feather and quickly jumped on it.

"Curse Naraku…" she thought, "he said this should be easy." Her feather lifted up in the air and she began flying away, when she heard yelling.

"Stupid wench!" Inuyasha growled. "She could've cut your head off!" He quickly added, "How are we supposed to find jewel shards without that?" He hoped she wouldn't notice.

"I can take care of myself, Inuyasha! I knew what I was doing! I probably would've been killed if I hadn't, so I figured I'd have a better chance that way! And anyways, I didn't see you helping!" Kagome screamed at him. She then calmed down and walked a little away from the others, whispering to herself. "It doesn't matter anyway. Even if I was gone, you could always get Kikyo to help you…I'm sure you'd love that." She didn't really expect Inuyasha to hear the last part, but due to his demonic senses, he did. He felt a pang of guilt. But, he then wondered why.

"Why should I feel guilty? She's the one who's so careless. And she's lucky I protect her. I could just go off to find shards with Kikyo. But…why would I feel guilty…that I made Kagome sad? I don't care about what that useless human thinks…right?" He knew there was some reason behind his guilt, but he wasn't sure what it was. Either that or he was afraid to admit it to himself. He then turned to see Sango, Mirouku, Shippo, and even Kirara glaring at him.

Kagura smirked. She thought, "Hmm…Naraku doesn't seem to have his facts straight. Inuyasha clearly doesn't care for the girl; he only needs her to see the jewel shards. Now this…Kikyo…isn't that the dead priestess? Well, I shall go tell Naraku my new information." She then flew away, no one noticing her delayed departure.

Author's note: Okay, please don't hurt me! I know it was short, but I didn't want to make it too long. Someone said my other story's chapters were too long, and I just wanted to get this posted! I will try to post regularly, though. Thanks for reading! Please review!