Moonlight Sonata
Kagome knew this was a bad idea, to be walking about alone at night. But her emotions were demanding an outlet. And she just felt so…lost.
Her ear buds were trying to drown out the world, and as she walked to the bone-eater's well the moon's beams danced tendrils through the leaves.
Inuyasha had left again. Had been silent all afternoon, and she could only feel resigned in her knowledge that eventually he would go. Not just go to Kikyo, but go away from her. And she could only be there when he came back. But when he was gone, she could grieve, and she could acknowledge her repressed feeling of betrayal, and anguish, if only to continue on with her duty and be the friend everyone needed.
She turned the volume up louder, and her face felt contorted and ugly as her steps grew more frantic.
She saw the well, and her fervor had died out until she collapsed against it, holding tight against the rim. As the final notes died out she was just left with the muted silence of her headphones. And she was alone.
She didn't hear the soft padding of boots in the grass until they were right in front of her. Looking up, she beheld the regal Taiyoukai of the West, haloed in moonlight, staring down at her, until he turned his back and walked away. Kagome jumped up and was about to say something. But the silence was too heavy, and she was too tired, and then he was gone.
Later, Kagome reflected that she had gotten up once again, and even if the help from the almost-stranger wasn't intentional, she appreciated it.