A/N: Sooooooo sorry for the long update, I've been rather busy, but things should slow down a bit for me!

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She looked at the sky, it was bright blue, there were light wispy clouds littering it throughout. The shade of the tree seemed like a decent place to sit, seeing her mood, she just wanted to sulk. Hugging her knees to her chest, she looked then at the ground. Shippou had fallen asleep not too long ago, he was sprawled out on his back, laying in the sun. She smiled lightly, and crawled over to the still injured pup.

"Kagome?" a familiar, but shocked voice called from behind her. She turned to be greeted with Sango dropping her things and rushing over to her. Kagome fought the tears brimming to her eyes hard, but soon lost that battle. Her best friend embraced her, and she wept into Sango's shoulder.

They walked together up the steps to Kaede's village, Kagome felt relieved that she wouldn't have to wait alone much longer, but was still deeply depressed. She cradled Shippou close to her.

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Kagome wrapped a blanket around her as Sango picked at the fire, Shippou rambled on about all the fun adventures he had at Sesshoumaru's palace, and boasted about his brave fight against Naraku's minions. She giggled slightly as he showed off all his bandages and puffed out his chest in pride.

"Well then, big brave Shippou, care to get some water for me?" Sango asked handing him a bucket, he groaned and scampered out of the hut quickly.

She then looked to Kagome, the girl looked absolutely devastated. Thinking carefully on how to approach the subject of why she had returned, and how long she'd be staying. Before she could even move onto the subject, her next worry walked right into Kaede's hut.

"What the hell is this?!" the loud, jarring voice of none other than Inuyasha screeched. He dropped whatever meat he had caught and glared in disgust at Kagome, who then winced and turned away from him.

"What's wrong, Inuyasha?" Miroku shoved past the less than pleased half demon to see the long, smooth legs of none other than Kagome, peeking out from under a blanket. "Why Kagome, it's nice to see you again!"

"Inuyasha, out, now!" Sango barked a command and glared daggers through the half demon, who refused to budge.

"No! She can get out, she can leave, she betrayed all of us! Have you forgotten that? Sesshoumaru has paired up with Naraku before, and he couldn't care less about anything but his personal gain, but she still betrayed us, for him." His words leaked with venom, but a tinge of pain. Kagome hugged the blanket around her tighter, once again fighting away tears.

"Inuyasha, this is really not necessary." Miroku tried to reason with the hot headed hanyou, much to his disappointment, Inuyasha shoved beside Miroku, and ripped away Kagome's blanket.

"Now what, you're going to cry? You were always weak, could never take a few harsh words, or reality. Get out of here, go live at your dream palace with Sesshoumaru, or did he finally get bored with you?" Inuyasha threw the blanket to the side and crossed his arms over his chest.

"Please... Inuyasha..." Kagome hugged herself, praying for some sort of miracle, that Sesshoumaru would walk through the hut entrance, and take her away, but she knew it would never happen. No, he was probably truly bored with her.

"Please, what? I wouldn't do anything for you anymore, you backstabber. You turned into Kikyou!" after he bit out those few words, the hut went dramatically silent, Sango covered her mouth, Miroku shook his head, and Kagome shivered, no doubt crying from his cruel words.

"Like, Kikyou, huh?" Kagome rose to her feet and turned to Inuyasha. She wasn't crying, her face was blank, "It's funny you should say I'm like Kikyou, although I couldn't ever be as selfish as her. I waited for you many times Inuyasha, many times I waited while you flaunted with the clay corpse. Many times I was patient when you were stubborn, I was kind when you were rude. I always stood by your side, making a true representation of the phrase 'stand by your man'." Kagome walked towards Inuyasha so she was only an arms length from him. Shippou entered the hut but remained silent, watching the scene before him.

"But you know what Inuyasha? I finally realized that you don't treat someone you love like that, I would have never treated you like that, but you continued to treat me like that. I despise you for what you've done Inuyasha, but I still care about you because you've landed a place in my heart that I will never forget, but you lost my affections to someone who deserved them." she folded her arms much like the hanyou had folded his. His ears were flat against his head, and his lip twitched slightly.

"Deserves them?! He doesn't deserve them! Have you forgotten he's tried to kill you before? Have you forgotten he's sided with Naraku before?" Inuyasha screamed at Kagome who didn't even blink.

"He never sides with anyone! The only person in this room I have betrayed was you! The only reason you feel that way is because you lost me, and you know it. You finally got to feel exactly how I felt, and you didn't like it. So you're going to scream betrayal! If you want me to go, then fine." She shoved Inuyasha out of her way and strutted out of the hut.

Sango, Miroku, and Shippou starred at a baffled Inuyasha, soon the trio followed Kagome in hopes of talking her into staying. Inuyasha stood alone in the hut, his fists clenched so tightly small droplets of blood dripped from them onto the hut floor.

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Kagome walked briskly towards the stairs of the village, she felt bad ignoring the calls of Miroku, Sango, and Shippou, but she needed to go home, she needed to get away. Her brisk walk soon turned into a jog, then to a run. She didn't know why she was running, I guess it felt better knowing that she could leave without feeling guilty anymore.

She breathed in, her lungs stung slightly, she had gotten out of shape since being with Sesshoumaru, but she kept her steady pace, the other three stopped following her by now. She broke through the forest into the clearing where the well sat.

It had been so long since she first had come through the well. She never forgot the remarkable beauty that the feudal era held. She hadn't forgotten being so scared, until Inuyasha was free from the God Tree. She somehow knew that all he really had was a rough exterior.

Sitting on the edge of the well now, she stared at the ground. Thinking about everyone she had met here, they had all tried to hurt her in some way, but she's always learned to love them. She smiled at the thought of Sesshoumaru, who was no different from the rest she had met.

Then her heart started to ache, she was confused on love, she was just a teenager trying to save the world in an entire different era from her own. She couldn't comprehend finding true love so early, many girls her age would be envious. She once thought true love was her and Inuyasha, but soon she realized that it wasn't meant to be.

She slid off the edge of the well and sat on the ground, a gentle breeze drifted by and she rested her head against the wood, closing her eyes, she was still confused on Sesshoumaru's intentions.

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She was sleeping soundly, he felt almost guilty doing this, but it had to be done. He roughly grabbed her arm and pulled her from her bed. Groggy still she rubbed her eyes and looked at him slightly confused.

"We're leaving soon. Get dressed." he barked the command and exited the room.

Soon she was on his back, along with Shippou, he raced through the forest, she held on for dear life, he smirked, he knew he was much faster than his younger brother. His heart began to ache just then, he gripped her thighs tighter and quickened his pace.

He refused to look into her eyes when they reached his destination. She was sobbing and Shippou was staring at them both confused. He gripped her wrists and pulled her away from him, pushing her back against the tree, his expression was cold.

"I can not keep you as a pet anymore, Kagome. It is time for you to carry out your time either in your own time, or with my brother. But your time shall no longer be spent with me." he tried tuning out her pleads and sobbing. Turning his back to her he ran off, leaving her a few miles away from the well she traveled between the times with.

His expression was blank, and still cold, but oh how his heart ached. The jewel fragment that was around his neck was his reasoning. He would keep it, he would protect it, and in turn manage to protect her. Using all of his will he trudged forward, no matter how much his better judgment told him to, he didn't turn around, or even look back.

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She opened her eyes, tears fell from her eyes and rolled down her cheeks. She remembered just watching him run away. She didn't chase him, or call out to him, she just watch him, he didn't turn around, slow down, or come back. Sighing, and wiping the tears from her cheeks she stood up and perched herself at the edge of the well, before falling into the familiar glow.

Inuyasha watched her from his safe distance, he watched her cry, and think, he wished her could hold her, and make her feel better, but he knew he couldn't. For a moment he thought maybe she missed him, and maybe she had come back because of that. But he knew it wasn't ever going to be like that. He leaped into the nearest tree and took off.

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