Warnings: I don't know…
Inuyasha's voice filtered in through some light. Kagome walked towards the light and screamed, "Inuyasha that's not me! I am here! In here!" Even as she screamed the words she knew he couldn't hear her.
Shadow watched as Inuyasha rushed to meet her, "Are you all right!" Inuyasha then regained his composure, "I mean Shippo was worried and wouldn't leave me alone until I came to get you." To Kagome's astonishment Shadow just walked past Inuyasha, like he didn't exist.
"Kagome?" Inuyasha asked, this time worry leaked into his voice.
"Go away Inuyasha, go look for Keikyo." Shadows voice ringed with anger and disgust. "I am sure she gladly take you to hell with her." With that she turned her back to him and walked away. Kagome's gasp filled the false world around her. Kagome had figured it out.
"Shadow, I'm where you where held captive right?" The Shadow didn't respond but the silence answered her question. Then her anger sparked, "How could you do that to him? I mean he can be thick, pigheaded, and just plain stubborn, but that doesn't give you aright to yell at him!" This time the Shadow did answer.
"And that gives you a right too? I didn't yell at him, I didn't tell him to sit. I just told him to leave me alone." Kagome sat in shock the Shadow was right once again.
"He wanted me to stay, even though he loved Kikyo he wanted me to stay." Kagome's voice cracked as she held on to this last string of hope. The Shadows laughter filled the silence Kagome's words had created.
"Because we can find the Shards." The Shadow then turned from their conversation and focused on the real world. "Inuyasha I said go away!" Her Sharp tone stopped Inuyasha from coming any closer. "I don't need you, you don't need me." The Shadow said over her shoulder. Then without another word she walked into the forest. Unlike Kagome the Shadow had a good sense of direction, and soon found the path Shippo had taken her.
"What have you done with Shippo?" Kagome's voice filled the Shadows head once more.
"Nothing, the little brat is asleep. He was next to the mutt." The Shadow's feet touched the sunlight outside of the forest. Shadow raised her arms above her head and stretched, enjoying the sensation of control. Then walked along the dirt path following the edge of the forest. Her smile only widened when she noticed some bandits following her. Shadow watched them from the corner of her eye, loving every moment of it. "Kagome, do you see them? Their here for the shards, everyone only wants you for the shards. Inuyasha, Miroku, Shippo, and Sango. They just want you around to find the Jewel shards." Shadow felt Kagome shift uncomfortably. The bandits swarmed around her, creating a semi circle of grinning bandits. Shadow reached over her shoulder to grab her bow and an arrow. "Ever hear of the Priestess Keikyo? Well I am her reincarnation." A few of the men shifted awkwardly, the others just smiled wider. "Oh well I warned you." Shadow then knocked the arrow and released it. Her spiritual power spun around the arrow making it more deadly. It hit on man in the chest, spraying blood and tissue. The impact hit a few of the men as well, either knocking them to the ground or splitting open their heads. The rest fled into the forest.
"How could you? How could…" Kagome chocked on her words, tears running down her face, "They where just…"
"Hungry? Innocent? I warned them, I gave them time to run. I even allowed three of them to live." The Shadows voice responded, "It was the two of us or five of them." Her voice was cold, almost heartless.
"But you didn't need to kill!" Kagome's voice shrieked.
"What would you have done, Kagome? Run? Scream? Or offer yourself to them and do what they wanted you to do? No, you would have allowed them to do anything until Inuyasha came to rescue you." Shadow's responded harshly, "Always a burden, always useless."
"Stop!" kagome's said her voice breaking.
"Oh am I hurting your feelings? That's just to bad." The Shadow said ending the conversation. Her eyes flickered back over to the dead bodies, "Worthless." She turned her back on the five mangled bodies, her good mood still in place. Further away Shadow could hear Shippo calling for Kagome. Shadow fought an urge to yell back that she was gone. Shadow kept walking, listening silently as Kagome yelled to Inuyasha and Shippo. Shaking her head slightly to remove Kagome's voice from her head, she glanced towards the town in the distance. "Oh goodie."
"What are you planning?" Kagome said quietly. Her voice had bee muffled since Shadow didn't want to hear her crying, and because Kagome was losing her voice from screaming.
"Wouldn't you like to know?" Shadow then completely shut Kagome's voice out, just like she had done to Shadow for all these years. Shadow then looked towards the town again, forming ideas as she walked. "This is the town those two idiots went to cure Kilala right?" Even though Shadow had blocked Kagome from her mind Kagome could still hear Shadow's thoughts. Shadow began to trot down the path happily, waving to the villagers heading towards the village from the fields or leaving the village to go to the fields. The villagers waved back some recognizing the body, or just knew who Shadow was. "So much easier when no one suspects a thing." Shadow said cheerfully.