Chapter 6

Disclaimer: If I owned Inuyasha, couldn't I just have the writers work my story into the Inuyasha plotline instead of posting it on Fanfic. Come on people.

Kagome ran through the forest in the rain. Even through the tears she knew where she was headed, towards the waterfall.

"I have to do this now before…before he can catch up. He is a little 'preoccupied' right now, and the downpour will scatter my scent." She thought bitterly.

Water soaked clothes weighed her down, but Kagome never slowed down.

"After all we've been through, he just…" she began to think fiercely, "no, eyes on the prize, none of this will matter in a little while. I'll make him pay!"

She had just reached the waterfall when she turned around. The rain blinded her vision, and the clouds blacken the sky, but she knew he was there.

"If I don't hurry up he'll catch me!" she thought.

Kagome took one last look back at the forest as she called out, "Sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit!" and then she jumped.

Inuyasha ran through the forest as fast as he could, "How could I have been that stupid?"

He had seen her before she jumped, and he paused to look at her. She still looked beautiful even though she had tears streaming down her face.

Her skin was palled and she gave him a look that he had never seen before. She was so kind, caring, and innocent. She was way too good for him.

Then he smelt it, and his heart sang with despair.

"No, not now!" his mind screamed.

Inuyasha flew down while fighting the wind from the storm and he made it to the bottom to find Kagome's blood everywhere he looked.

Inuyasha searched all night long, but he couldn't find Kagome. The moonless sky and the murky water didn't help any. His head was hurting from having his head smashed into the ground from the "Sits."

In the morning Sango, Shippo, and Miroku looked as well, but Kagome was untraceable. The only sign of Kagome actually being in the water is that the scent of her blood still lingered in the water.

None of them could figure out what could make Kagome to jump over a waterfall. They all had a feeling that Inuyasha knew what was going on even though he said nothing. He seemed panicky, and he avoided the subject. Simply saying that Kagome "fell."

Finally Miroku had had enough, "Inuyasha what did you do?"

~~~~~~~~~~~~ back to Kagome~~~~~~~~~~~~

Kagome had just woken up for the first time since she broke out of her fever. She was adorned in clothing she had seen on the females of Koga's wolf pack. When she looked up she noticed that Kouga had been watching her.

"What happened?" Kouga asked.

"I don't remember much," Kagome cleared her throat, " How long have I been out?"

"About a week." Kouga said as he brushed Kagome's bangs back.

"A week." Kagome repeated as she realized for the for the first time that her leg was wrapped around a wound.

"It's about time we start heading back to the well, your doctors can do more for you than I can." Kouga said as he patted Kagome's hand.

"No!" Kagome screamed fearfully. Once she was aware of how alarmingly high her voice was, she closed her eyes and focused on her breathing. This time her answer came out the way she normally spoke, "I mean no, I'm fine right here."

"At least let me get you back to your friends." Kouga said. He figured that right about now, even though he enjoyed her company, this would be the time when she would go back to be with her friends.

"I don't want to go back, Kouga. I don't exactly remember what happened to me a week ago, but I know that I just don't want to see any of them right now." Kagome answered.

"If you are to stay here, then you have to become part of the pack. You know that don't you?" Kouga replied as he looked into Kagome's light brown eyes.

"Yes, I want to join." Kagome answered back.