As Kagome had given Kouga a quick hug goodbye and as a thank you, InuYasha had gone ballistic. Just as he had tried to attack, Kagome had sat him. Of course, this made him mad, and made him want to attack him more. But, knowing Kouga, he had gave Kagome a quick "you are my woman" lecture, and had ran off into his own little tornado.
"What, with all the sweet talk and all. 'Oh thank you Kouga, we could have never done it without you.' I know you were flirting with him. Don't Deny it." InuYasha exclaimed (oooh. Kag is pissed.) With that, Kagome's last nerve had just snapped.
"THAT IS IT!" Kagome screeched. Glaring daggers at InuYasha. "I AM TIRED OF THE WAY YOU ACT AROUND ME! FIRST YOU GO AFTER KIKYO, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE NERVE OF INSULTING ME AFTER I JUST GIVE KOUGA A HUG?" She exploded, doing her best to keep her tears of fury at bay.
"Shall we Sango? This is going downhill fast." A certain lecher asked the taijiya.
"Certainly. I'd much rather be dressing your wounds." She responded, the two of them exiting into the bushes.
"SIT!" Kagome screamed at the top of her lungs. Not too far away, you could hear a soft 'thump' as InuYasha dropped face first into the snow. "SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT!!!" She screamed over and over again, and the only sounds you could hear was the poor Hanyou's face plummeting farther into the snow with every passing second.
"But Kagome..." He mumbled, face still halfway in the snow.
"SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!" she screamed, as loud as she possible could, sending InuYasha another tree feet into the ground. She ran, and ran until her legs could carry her weight no more, and collapsed, falling into a snow bank. The snow storm settled down to a gentle snow fall, as if the snow knew that if it would lessen, it would lighten up Kagome's mood.
Gathering up the last of her strength, she hobbled over to the well, and then flung herself down the dry well.
Going through the warm feeling of the decades passing by, she found herself collapsing through the well, and silently cried, her body shaking with every sob.
"How...how could you InuYasha? I thought you loved me! How could you betray me. No. NO! you NEVER loved ME! You loved the KIKYO in me. I was just a replacement." She mumbled to herself, crying herself to sleep at the bottom of the well.
Sengoku Jidai
"InuYasha, what have you done now?" the monk asked the hanyou, with a serious expression on his face. "Kagome-chan has left yet again, and there are rumours of a miko wandering around. Is it because of..." he trailed off.
InuYasha just stared at the ground. He knew he was the reason Kagome had run off, but he couldn't bring himself to admitting it. He'd never give the others the satisfaction of knowing they were right.
••••••• Flashback •••••••••
"Don't you see Kikyo? I'm the only one who can protect you from Naraku!" he
Exclaimed, bringing her into a warm embrace.
"Let GO OF ME!" Kikyo yelled, resisting, then reacting to the embrace, hugged the hanyou back. 'He's so warm." She thought as she slowly backed away.
"Gods, she's freezing." He said mentally, trying to ignore the stench of death that couldn't help but be part of her.
Unbeknownst to any one, Kagome was standing behind a tree, watching everything, wide eyed in shock. 'InuYasha...she cried mentally. She knew the risks of making any sound, so she stood as still as a statue.
"Kikyo, I promise you. I WILL go to hell with you. As soon as I can. I promise." Inu Yasha spoke ever-so-softly in Kikyo's ear.
"But what about my reincarnation? I know it is her that has your heart, not I."
"What about her? All she is and all she ever will be is a copy. She will never be as good as the real thing. It is only you I love." He told her, as he pulled her into a compassionate kiss.
Just then, Kikyo's soul collectors came, and wrapped themselves around their master. "Until we meet again. And next, I will bring you to hell with me, Inu Yasha." She yelled as she floated off,
"KIKYO!" InuYasha yelled, desperate for her not to leave so soon. Then, as if on cue, Kagome snapped a branch while trying to crawl away. Inu Yasha whipped his head around, trying to find the source of the disturbance. "Ka-Kagome?" Inu Yasha stuttered, not believing that she had seen all of that. 'Oh God, she saw ALL of that?'
Kagome, trying very hard not to cry, just stared at Inu Yasha, not able to draw her eyes off of his. When chocolate and amber collided, she burst out running, forcing her body to space herself with Inu Yasha as fast and as far as she could.
••••••• End Flashback •••••••••
Kagome's Era
When she awoke, she was very stiff and sore. 'Wha...Where am I?' She thought to herself. She slowly climbed out of the well, and walked inside. Surprisingly, no one was home. 'Where is everyone?' she pondered, glancing at the clock.
"EEP! ITS 10:40! If I'm lucky, I just might be able to make it to school in time for the afternoon classes!" She yelped, running around. By the time she had had a shower, ate breakfast, packed her bag and was out the door, it was 11:30. "If 'm lucky, I just might be able to run there, and still be on time." She muttered out loud and started running.
'Ok, think Kags," she muttered to herself, approaching the school without a minute to spare. "Granpa gave me just about every malady there is, or at least that I know of, so what's my excuse now?" Just as she had entered the administration office, she had and ingenious plan. "ooh... I'm so sorry Mitsurugi-sama. I was...visiting relatives in America for quite a while." And, as chance would have its own way, the secretary accepted the alibi.