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Kagome walked through the shoji doors to find Miroku, Sango, Shippo and Kilala trying to talk sense into the eighteen guards. Tears of joy filled her blue eyes as she looked toward where her friends stood. She wasn't alone any more. The young woman ran to the scene before her, not worried, not afraid and certainly unprepared. She didn't care that the guards were being quite threatening as they noticed her on coming.

"Miroku, Sango, Shippo, Kilala!" Kagome shouted loudly and with a lighter heart as she ran towards them. Miroku and the rest of their odd group turned their heads. Each seemed some what relieved to see their dear friend safe and appearing to be happy.

Sesshoumaru walked from the halls darkness and eyed his protectors. His amber orbs flashed with a promise of pain if any so dared to attack the miko or her allies. Each guard wearily took a step away. The demon lord still seemed to threaten them and so each believed it would be best to leave the area where the band of humans and demons currently took stand.

Sango and her comrades lowered their weapons as a feeling of basic safety entered their souls. Kagome held Sango and Shippo within a vice grip. Miroku smiled and patted the miko's shoulder who enveloped him in a hug afterward. Kagome was so happy that she almost wanted to cry.

Sango had begun tearing up and Shippo was weeping silently. "I missed you all so much." Kagome spoke as she pulled apart from her family in the feudal era.

"We missed you to Kagome!" Shippo then hopped onto her shoulder and held her tight. The miko laughed while holding the kit in return. "I'm never letting you leave us again!"

"Oh really Shippo? Do you think you can stop me?"

"Yes."

"How will you do that?" She giggled as he made a mock show of pondering quite hard on his answer. Once he believed he found it he looked down. "What's wrong Shippo?"

Kagome tone held absolute worry within it. His green eyes found her blue ones. "Please don't ever leave us ever again!" He wailed into her causing tears to rise within her own orbs. After a moment of pleading and crying he looked up. "How was that?"

Kagome stood shell shocked for a moment. "Well that would probably do it Shippo-kun." Sango and Miroku laughed while Kilala tilted her head and mewed.

Sesshoumaru looked behind him, noting that Inuyasha ad Kikyo were coming around the corner in but a few moments and so he disappeared from sight. He hated his half brother and didn't feel as if there was any need in seeing him in such close proximity. And so the demon lord found himself in a tree about half a mile away from his brother and the miko Kagome, but he could see each perfectly.

Inuyasha came to the steps leading toward the gates with Kikyo and pain seeped within him immediately when he noticed that Kagome was so happy and he wasn't standing at her side. She smiled and laughed along with her comrades while all that he could do was watch. Kikyo looked upward to his pained expression and sighed sadly. He still loved Kagome.

Inuyasha felt the priestess that once held his entire affection wrap both of her slender arms around his own. He smiled at her and she smiled in return just as she had when she lived as fully as she did now so many years ago. Yet this radiance shown by she was of happiness not of sadness which caused his heart to leap. The hanyou heard a gasp; sadness and pain filtered the air. Her, Kagome's, miko energy crackled in the same motion as her pain.

The half breed moved forward, disconnecting with Kikyo. "Kagome I'm so so…" She merely smiled and waved it off.

"It's alright Inuyasha, honestly." Kagome placed on her one of a kind fake smile.

The boy couldn't help but feel awful. He knew that by being so close to Kikyo it pained her and he also realized he was losing her affection. "Damn it Kagome don't lie to me! I know I'm hurting you and I'm sorry." The male stepped away from Kikyo's hold completely and didn't notice the look of pain come across her face but Kagome did. "You don't understand how I feel. I know it's cruel to say because you're hurting but-but damn it I love both of you alright." He swung to look at Kikyo then back to Kagome. "I don't understand why but I can't choose between you alright. I want you both and that's wrong!" A growl bit through him as he bawled his fists. Then Inuyasha turned and ran away.

Kagome could do nothing but stand still as a statue while Kikyo did the same. Each, in that one moment, mirrored each other perfectly. The pale tent of each female's face, the grey in Kikyo's eyes over powering the brown to resemble Kagome's. The miko's stood in the same position, unmoving and scarcely breathed.

Sesshoumaru scoffed from where he sat. "So dramatic your life is, is it not little miko?" To his surprise both Kikyo and Kagome turned to him. He didn't allow it to show though. Kagome turned away from him quickly to walk in the direction that Inuyasha left and Kikyo took the hint not to follow. She stood there awkwardly for a moment but at the stares from so many people decided it would be best to retreat from the area.

The entertainment was gone and so Sesshoumaru walked away from the remaining humans and demons. He had work to do, this only served as a wonderful distraction which he didn't mind. As he began moving away from the area Miroku realized that no one had directed his friends to an area where they should go. A sigh escaped him. The monk appreciated the demon's hospitality but really, couldn't he at least mention somewhere they could stay. But Miroku didn't desire to push it and so said nothing.

Kagome ran as fast as her feet would carry her to Inuyasha though she didn't exactly know where he was. She only knew the direction he tore off in and so Kagome made a mad dash toward a forest within Sesshoumaru's gates. Her heart raced but Kagome didn't know why. It wasn't like Inuyasha would kill himself. He wasn't that stupid and was definitely way too proud. Now that Kagome thought about it, that was a good thing. She was so happy he had an ego.

Within the forest the miko looked up into the trees while still moving rather quickly. Inuyasha had to be in one of them, she knew it. "Inuyasha where are you?" No answer. "Inuyasha please come back I'm sorry!" Still there was nothing. Kagome felt tears run down her cheeks and her breath come in pants as she ran further and faster. Her feet tripped when her vision blurred almost completely. "I'm sorry! I always do everything wrong! I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'M SORRY!"

Kagome cried out her apologies loudly into the thickness of green and brown. She didn't hear Inuyasha stepping up, slowly behind her. His eyes held uncertainty and worry. Caution fled from him when he noticed her ankle. It was split, blood came from it and a root was inside. She didn't seem to notice.

The boy was at her side in the blink of an eye. His hands came to her shoulders and at his touch she jumped a bit. It took her eyes a moment to recognize who was before her. "Inuyasha?" He nodded in case she were still slightly confused which she was. She shook before her arms came around his neck. "Inuyasha I'm sorry, I'm so sorry!"

"No Kagome I should be apologizing." He swallowed the knot in his throat. "I hurt you badly and I'm so stupid." He buried his face into her hair taking in her scent. Wild flowers on a dewy morning mixed with the first falling of snow. She was extremely sad. He tightened his arms around her waist, trying to make her feel better.

Inuyasha lightly kissed her cheek, though he didn't quite know why. He was only doing what his instincts told him to do. She gasped but her scent floated away from sadness to the smell in which Kikyo had given off the other night.

Pure lust.

It attacked his senses, his eyes fogged over with what raged inside him. The kisses became more powerful, needy and hungry. Kagome let out a small moan, which encouraged him to move a little further in his ministrations. His kisses came to her mouth and Kagome welcomed them shyly.

"Sesshoumaru." Kagome's eyes widened and she pulled away from Inuyasha. "Inu-Inuyasha it's too soon. I mean-oh God." She was blushing madly. Why had she thought of him? And especially now.

"It's okay I understand." He picked rose and held out his hand. When Kagome took it while blushing she and began standing she screamed in pain. That's when Inuyasha decided to remember. "I'm sorry Kagome come here."

"What happened?" Kagome seen her ankle (as he lifted her bridal style) but only partially.

"When you fell or something earlier you got a stick caught up in your ankle." She nodded as he began walking toward the palace. They remained silent until just before he stepped out of the forest. "Kagome do you love me anymore?" His eyes were hidden by his bangs.

"I-I don't know any more."

She was nervous, he could sense it. "It's alright if you don't I understand. I want you too take care of your self and find someone who will love you because Kikyo-it's not…"

"I understand." Tears streamed down her face.

Sango and all ran forward, for they had been coming toward the forest when Kagome and Inuyasha were taking a bit too long. "Kagome are you alright?" Shippo reached the pair first, tears welt in his eyes.

"Yeah I'm fine Shippo." Her tone was quiet, stopping Inuyasha in his tracks. He didn't move for a few moments, gaining attention from everyone. All knew something was wrong but what was it and that's when it happened.

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